School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)

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1. Barrett the Tumbler

   

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   I saw him first in the town of Ballinrobe with an old canvas bag under his arm. He wore an old corduroy trouser, a blue gansey and a pair of old tattered boots. When I came to know him better I learned that he lived with his wife and child in a tumble-down-shack on the road-side.

   I saw him so frequently that I knew the dishevelled hair which was not combed since Adam was a boy, his lurching walk and his red sun-tanned face. He was always laughing and shouting wildly, and when he shouted he gestured ferociously and when he laughed he bared his teeth and

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Ging

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mhaigh Eo