Gortnagrough, Ballydehob, in School folklore Collection 1937 and Folk Museum and West Cork Methodism.
Gortnagrough:
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In Mary Driscoll story about her homeplace she says that a couple over 70 then in 1937 have stories in Irish and English, Mr and Mrs. Sam Kingston. They are probably the grand parents of Letia Camier who with her husband Tommy runs the Folk Museum in the same townland.
Gortnagrough Folk Museum
Gortnagrough Folk Museum
James Hutchinson Swanton J.P., 1815-1891, Grandmother, Margaret O’Sullivan, Ballagahadown, Caheragh, Leading Methodist and Businessman, Gortnagrough, Ballydehob and Rineen Co. Cork and Wesley College, Carrisbrook House, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
Beginning of Methodism in West Cork, 1779 John Bredin, Swantons of Gortnagrough, Ballydehob, 1783, John Hamilton 1898 Henry Deery. Membership 1799 was 160 and in 1810 was 320.
Durrus Folklore Project:
School Folklore Project 1937-8, Durrus, Co. Cork, Schools Church of Ireland, Catholic.
http://digital.ucd.ie/view/ivrla:26612
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