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School: Inis Mac ón Tír (roll number 12854)

Location:
Inis Mhic an Trír, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Muireann Bean Uí Chuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 113

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    [page no.:] 113
    29th March 1938
    Brendan Faherty,
    Inishmacatrer,
    Cross, Claremorris
    Lucht Siúil
    From time to time tinkers call to this village. It is nearly the same people that come here always, because we live so far from the public road that new parties going the road, could hardly find us out.
    The names of some of the tinkers are, Maughans, Myres, Barrets, Reillys and Mongans.
    Most of the tinkers come to this village in light spring-carts and some of them come on foot.
    They sell a lot of useful articles, such as tincans, saucepans and funnels.
    In this locality there are a lot of articles bought from the tinkers.
    They buy the tin in the shops and they make the articles in their tents.
    Sometimes there is welcome before the tinkers especially if there are any repairs to be done, such
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Egan
    Gender
    Female