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Bealoideas/Folklore and Ethnology

What is Folklore Anyway?

It is the interest in informal, unofficial, ancestral, indigenous or alternative knowledge or ways of knowing and experiencing the world. It refers to the study of ordinary or everyday life from birth to death, from death beyond in both the past and the present.

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Cad is Béaloideas ann pé scéal é?

Is é atá sa ‘Béaloideas’ ach suim san eolas, nó i slite chun eolais, atá neamhfhoirmiúil, neamhoifigiúil, dúchasach nó ailtéarnach. Tagraíonn sé do shaol an duine ó bhreith go bás, ó bhás amach agus ó inné go dtí inniu. 

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Contact Roinn an BhÊaloidis: Department of Folklore and Ethnology:  T:+353 (0)21 490 3935 | E: b.begley@ucc.ie |
Addr: 5 Elderwood College Rd Cork |
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