School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 257
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- (continued from previous page)church because it was said that there was a bottle of whiskey hidden for them.
Long ago when a man wanted to get married, he used to go to a neighbours house and inquire from the father would he give him one of his daughters to him as a wife. Then he would talk oner it to the girl, and if she consented to marry him they would fix the marriage on a certain day. Sometimes the match would be broken because the father would not give his daughter enough of money.
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- Collector
- J. Ennis
- Informant
- John Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
