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School: Millín, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 16329)

Location:
Milleenduff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 077

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    and many other things.
    They stay at certain houses in the Winter time. They are welcome in every house in this locality.
    In the houses they sleep, and they get hay and put it in the corner and sleep there for the night.
    In the Summer time they do not sleep in the houses. They sleep in tents or in caravans.
    They have many ways of travelling. Some of them have horses, and carts, and many other ways of travelling.
    Many of the tinkers deal in horses. Some of their names are Coffey's, Quilligan's. These live in Rathkeale in the County Limerick.
    Rathkeale is called Tinkertown. There is a special street in Rathkeale for the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Curtin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milleenduff, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Curtin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Milleenduff, Co. Cork