Duchas - The Schools' Collection
http://www.duchas.ie/en Added: 12 Jan 2015 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type:Digitised versions of folklore and local tradition documentation compiled by pupils from 5,000 primary schools in the Irish Free State between 1937 and 1939.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- SESE History
Strand: Local Studies
Strand unit: My Locality through the Ages
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- collect local ballads, stories and traditions relating to these events
- use evidence which is more diverse and more complex than heretofore
Suggestions for use: Use as primary source material for project work or local studies or to enhance skills and appreciation relating to working as a historian. A starting point could be an examination of Weather Lore http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498042/4345516
The Liberator - Daniel O'Connell
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/daniel.htm Added: 10 Aug 2007 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Secondary SourceOne page biography of the career of O'Connell from the impressive Clare County Library website.
View full descriptionThe Belfast Blitz: April-May 1941
http://www.jstor.org/stable/27724486 Added: 10 Aug 2010 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Secondary SourceDetailed History Ireland article with direct relevance to the case study by Brian Barton. Text heavy.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- History
Strand: Later Modern Ireland
Strand unit: 3 Sovereignty 1912-1949
