School: Gráinseach, Cill Mocheallóg (roll number 9970)

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   Nancy Madigan, who hailed from Charleville, Co. Cork and was so called because she was adept hand of removing the contents of a "till" whenever she got a chance, so that whenever a shopkeeper or publican saw her coming he generally slammed the door in her face.
   She was a bad character, and people often threw her out of their houses. Whenever Nancy found herself stranded for a night's lodgings she repaired to the local R.I.C. barracks and inflicted herself on that little community for the night.

   Mr William Casey (Farmer)
   Holy Cross
   Kilmallock

   

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   Travelling Folk B// Travelling folk generally came to this locality a day or two before Bruff Fair or Limerick Fair. An old woman named Mrs. O Grady used to visit this locality and she used to sell ribbons, laces, pins, pieces of cotton, needles

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mary Clancy

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Grange, Co. Limerick