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School: Cluain Turic (C.) (roll number 12680)

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Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Gharaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0216, Page 203a

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    Whatever they want in any of the shops. These travellers are generally welcome in some places but in others they are not. They have caravans and in these they sleep. They have have no food because they go about looking for it to the shops. All they ask is that if you give them a penny they will be thankful for it. They do not travel on foot. They travel in caravans and in families. The families that I see coming are the Mc Donaghs. They are the only family that visit my
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mae Rowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim