School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)
- Location:
- Killuran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Thomas Mc Inerney
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- In olden times there was no match-making. When a man wanted to get married he usually took a party to a girls house. If she did not go with him he would come again and kidnap her. In later years they started match-making. When old people wanted to get their sons and daughters married they usually met at a fair or market. One man of the crowd would invite them in for a drink and introduced the match between the(continues on next page)
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