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School: Áthán (B.), Lios na Groighe (roll number 14173)

Location:
Ahane, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seán Ó Héalaithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 344

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    1) Travelling people go around our district.
    2) Those poor people are going around as long as people can remember.
    3) The names of the poor people are Mrs Creagh, Mrs Doran, Mrs Barry and another old woman is Longtail. Those people are very poor.
    4) Those people sell small articles such as laces, studs, tiepins, saucepans, gallons, brooches, closebrushes.
    5) The poor people are not allowed to go around begging and they have an excuse by selling those small articles because
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Richardson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeenagarriff, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Robert Richardson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeenagarriff, Co. Limerick