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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 10_019

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  1. Composition - Travelling Folk

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    A good number of travelling folk comes to my locality. These tribes are the Mac Donags, the Wards, the Greens, the Stokes, the Powers, and the Joyces.
    These tribes go about in vans and tents. They go about from house to house looking for food (and) money. These tribes sell and tin-saucepans, tin cans, carpets and a great amount of other things. They make the saucepens and tin cans themselves. There
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Mulligan
    Other names
    Bernard Mulligan
    Bernie (local name)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Roscommon