School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)
- Location:
- Aughrim, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0300
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- (continued from previous page)and crucifix that he brought home from after the Great War.
When he was at our house last, he was suffering from a wound in the foot that he got in the War.
I think he must be dead now, as I have not seen him for a long time. This man was a native of Tralee, County Kerry.
I knew another very nice old travelling man, whose name was John Hackett and he was a native of County Tipperary. This man was not always travelling, when he was young, he had a fine farm of land, but, through misfortune and drink, he had to sell it.
He worked in a great many gentlemen's houses in the County Tipperary, before he came to this part of the country. This man was an old aged pensioner when I saw him, and he used to travel from our house to Lorrha to draw his pension.
(David Minton, Aughrim Hill)
- Collector
- Dermot Minton
- Gender
- Male
