School: Cluain Fhiadh (C.), Carraig na Siúire (roll number 7772)

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1. Travelling Folk

   

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   Travelling Folk
   There was a man named Martin Whelan but he was generally called “The Coinín”. He was a native of Portlaw. He spent his life fishing and catching rabbits. One night he was ferreting rabbits in the churchyard in Clonegam. He was thrown out over the wall. His talk was scattered and he died shortly after.

   

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   Travelling Folk Long long ago as long as my father can barely remember, there was a travelling woman by the name of “ Blind Ann”. Although totally blind she would never consent to go into an institution but kept on travelling from house to house and this is how she used to manage. She used to ask a member of each family to convey her to the next house. Then some female member of the family , a servant girl or a daughter as the case may be would convey her as directed. At what ever house night would overtake her

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
         1. travellers (~3,023)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Beatrice Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Monminane, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Thomas Walsh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Address

   Monminane, Co. Waterford