School: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (roll number 14469)

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   “Beggars were never turned away from the houses especially in Kilmaley”

   

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   324got a bed in the corner of the kitchen.A woman saying in Ennis is "Goto KIlmaley and get a bag "I am afraid this is hardly true

   It was said that the people who did not treat beggars well had no luck afterwards.

   

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   “No harpers but pipers - Noonan, Clery, Stack Píobaire na Prairithe...”

   

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   4 No harpers, but pipers — Noonan, Clery, Stack Píobaire na Praisighe Garret Barry. Up to 65 years ago these pipers used to play every second Sunday in Inagh and Kilmaley. Dances in the houses on Sundays after Mass. They used also play at the cross road dances on Sundays. Each person paid a penny. Piper often earned 10/1 or 12/1 at a dance. Cross-roads dances — The Wood at Knockatona, Kilmaley. Darragh Cross, Cahera Cross. Peg's Bush in Lissycasey (Peg Cleary)

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peg Cleary

   Gender

   Female