School: Aughacashel (roll number 15356)
- Location:
- Aghacashel, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Joseph Conifry
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- The house in am living in stands on the site of an old house which was occupied by a family of Duignans for generations past.
It was in this house that Dermody O Duignan was born and reared. Dermody was a great harper, and a peculiar character. He never dressed, I believe, in ordinary clothes. He wore a suit of cauthic, and a head-dress of the same material. Cauthic was the name given to dried and beaten or pounded rushes, or to the suit made from them. I'm not sure if he always wore this material or if it was only for the special occasion which I am going to tell you about.
This time one of the members of the old Irish House of Commons for Leitrim, was on a visit to a friend in Wales. The latter gave a banquet in honour of his guest from Ireland. During the banquet(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Conifry
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Informant
- Matthew Conifry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
