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School: Kilfenora (B.) (roll number 2155)

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Kilfenora, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Mag Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0620, Page 160

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0620, Page 160

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  1. Lucht Siúil (continued)

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    out of sugar bags. They used to have the bags tarred to keep out the rain. This is the prayer they used to have. "May God help us give us a penny. May the Lord have mercy on the souls that are gone belong to you. Give me a penny and I will say a prayer for you.
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  2. An Lucht Siúil

    “Long ago a lot of people joined together and they were called tinkers. They used to around in cars and caravans and sleep in camps by the roadside.”

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    Long ago a lot of people joined together and they were called tinkers. They used to around in cars and caravans and sleep in camps by the roadside. These are the names of the tinkers that were there long ago suck as O'Donovan's, Doyles, Delany's, Carty's, and Molloys. O'Donovan's. These came from Kilkenny, Doyles came from Kerry. Delany's came from Leix, Carty's came from Kerry, Molloys came from Ennistymon. These came from big cities and brought a lot of stuff then but they had not much stuff, other
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó h-Éilighe
    Gender
    Male