School: Cuar an Chláir (B)
- Location:
- Cooraclare, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Liam Ó Lioghda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0631, Page 056
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“In the townland of Sheeaun about thirty years ago there lived a man named James Dwyer.”
In the townland of Sheeaun about thirty years ago there lived a man name James Dwyer. He had two sons, Michael and James, who used get hire from their neighbours. James Dwyer lived in a small well kept thatched house and was very poor.
He used go about the country collecting rags. When he would have several sacks of rags collected he would assort them out into bags and he then would sell them to a woman named Mrs Gill who resided in Kilrush.
One day as James Dwyer was in Kilrush buying some flour a Kilrush merchant said he would give him a sack of flour free if he brought it home on his back. Dwyer said he would and the merchant allowed him to make three rests but he only made two. The distance from Kilrush to Dwyer's home was ten miles.
There was a man sent with him to(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Michael Donnellan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cahercannavan, Co. Clare