Irish folklore
Oral traditions of Ireland's myths, music, and folk beliefs.
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Irish folklore encompasses the totality of folk culture, both spiritual and material, as defined in Seán Ó Súilleabháin's 1942 handbook.[1] The Irish equivalent, béaloideas, meaning 'oral instruction', was first used as a translation in 1927.[2]
Quick Facts
- Field
- Folklore
- Nationality
- Irish
- Known for
- Folktales
- fairies
- leprechauns
- banshees
- traditional music and dance
- Key terms
- béaloideas
- Aos Sí
- fairy forts
- hawthorn trees
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Seán Ó Súilleabháin served as the IFC archivist from its inception. Ó Súilleabháin compiled a fieldwork guidebook, first published in Irish in 1937 and later expanded as A Handbook of Irish Folklore in 1942.[3][4] Children approached elders with questions and copied responses into copybooks in both Irish and English.[5] The IFC also established a network of 200 to 300 correspondents who received long questionnaires on specific folklore topics. Ó Súilleabháin and Reidar Thoralf Christiansen compiled The Types of the Irish Folktale in 1963, cataloguing 43,000 versions of 700 international tales.[6][7] Traditional Irish music, including pipe and fiddle, and folk dance are strongly connected to Irish folklore.[8]
What the cited sources add
Caroline Joy Tatem's review notes that John Creedon's 2023 book An Irish Folklore Treasury presents lightly edited primary sources from the Schools' Collection.[5] The review states the book is divided into fourteen chapters based on the Schools' Collection categories.[5] Tatem observes the book covers folklore of the everyday, including games, pastimes, weather lore, and cures.[5] The review recommends the book for introductory folklore classes but notes it lacks in-depth scholarly analysis.[5]
Tatem describes the work as an enjoyable survey for Irish folklore enthusiasts outside academia.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Irish folklore" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: , cited by; "Irish Folklore: Myth and Reality", dominican-college.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Irish folklore" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Markey 2006, p. 21; Vejvoda 2004, p. 43; Markey 2006, p. 21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Irish folklore" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Briody 2007, p. 2, 19, 232 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Irish folklore" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ó Súilleabháin 1942, p. 140–141; Briody 2007, p. 2, 19, 232 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Tatem, "Review of John Creedon, An Irish Folklore Treasury: A Selection of Old Stories, Ways and Wisdom from the Schools' Collection", Journal of Folklore Research Reviews, 2023-05-13. facts only, no text reused. scholarworks.iu.edu
- Wikipedia, "Irish folklore" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lysaght 1998, p. 141; Lysaght 1998, p. 141; Briody 2007, p. 2, 19, 232; Lysaght 1998, p. 141; Briody 2007, p. 2, 19, 232 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Irish folklore" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lysaght 1998, p. 141 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Irish folklore" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ó Giolláin 2000, p. 2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Irish folklore (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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