County Donegal Heritage Office, Donegal County Council invites you to:
Event: Booklet Launch
‘Scéaltaí: The 1930s Schools’ Manuscript Collection in County Donegal’
Venue: Dooish National School, Glenfinn Road, Ballybofey, F93 N768
Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Time: 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served
Description: Join us for the launch of the ‘Scéaltaí’ booklet that provides a unique insight into the folk life, material culture, heritage and folklore of County Donegal. In 1937-1938, the Irish Folklore Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, initiated a revolutionary scheme in which schoolchildren were encouraged to collect and document folklore, material culture, heritage and local history. Over a period of eighteen months, over 50,000 children in 5,000 primary schools in twenty-six counties were encouraged to collect folklore material in their home districts on themes such as local history and monuments, folktales and legends, riddles and proverbs, songs, customs and beliefs, games and pastimes, traditional work practices and crafts. As part of the implementation of the County Donegal Heritage Plan, Dr. Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair of the Royal Irish Academy was commissioned to research and write this free, A5-size, 56-page booklet which is the fourth in the 'Donegal Heritage Series' published by the County Donegal Heritage Office, Donegal County Council in association with The Heritage Council. Dr. Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh, Director, National Folklore Collection will launch the booklet in the presence of Cllr. Seamus Ó Domhnaill, Cathaoirleach, Donegal County Council.
Copies of the free booklet will be available at the launch.
Sponsors: County Donegal Heritage Office, Donegal County Council & The Heritage Council as part of the implementation of the County Donegal Heritage Plan.
RSVP: Donegal County Museum on (074) 912 4613 or [email protected]
Everyone is welcome to attend
