School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- (continued from previous page)John Hastings. He is called John (Hastings) Fadney to distinguish him from other men of the same name. Tadhg Ó h-Oiraín is eighty six years and John Hastings is over seventy. Both of the can tell Irish stories. There were three or four houses in this village that are not in it now. The people that were in them are dead. Some of the houses are in ruins.
Long ago the men used to go to England in June and come home in November. The girls used to go to America until four or five years ago. Now they all go England.
There are no songs in which my(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peigí C. Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnyslinnaun, Co. Mayo