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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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    My grand-father got married forty years ago.
    He had a party the night before he got married, which was the custom.
    He walked to the church in Balla the next morning at twelve o-clock and was married by Father McDermot. When the Mass was over himself and his wife and some of his friends walked home, and he made a wedding feast that night. He invited all his friends to the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Rush Hill, Co. Mayo