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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 243

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    cut with ash plants they settle down and are as friendly as ever to each other. That is why we often hear the remark "They are like the tinkers" meaning always fighting and never bearing malice. The Joyce women are tall and red-haired and very bold. They are a dread when they come to the door and will go off praying the wrong way if they do not get a sample of everything in the larder. The O'Learys are another class of travellers. They are sweeps and carry round brushes on their backs to clean chimneys. Their mother is Donuhoe a native of the mill lane of Abbeyshrule. They so misbehaved themselves in former times that the neighbouring people around there got them cast away. So they travel and live in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Guire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford