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School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)

Location:
Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0205, Page 004

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    The best known of the families in this district are the Heaney's and the Mc. Donaghs.
    Before a fair in the village a band of them arrive, and in the early part of the day, they go through the streets selling cans, rugs, carpets, mirrors and pictures. The women carry the young children in shawls on their backs, and the bigger children run around asking money. Both men and women drink, and in the evenings a row commences between to tinkers themselves, some of the people in the town gather round and enjoy them. The guards arrest them and put them in the barracks.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael J. Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Paddy Mc Partlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Partlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Leitrim