School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
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“All of the preceding traditions, PP.s.87-95, were written down by...”
“All of the preceding traditions, PP.s.87-95, were written down by Michael Moore from the dictation of Peter Mc Mahon of Comber, Clines, Co. Monaghan on the evening of 21st June 1938. The narrator who lives now by himself and is aged about a hundred years is an ex-sergeant of the R.I.C. and is resigned from force for about fifty-five or sixty years. He is said to have first introduced waltzing at the county dances when he came home on holidays in the long ago. He was a fine dancer and athlete. His family came from [?] and he claims to be the last of the Mac Mahons of Dartry.- You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Michael Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Peter Mac Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 100
- Occupation
- Police officer
- Address
- Cloncumber, Co. Monaghan