School: Cill Fhínghín (roll number 16222)
- Location:
- Killeeneen More, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033, Page 0296
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- (continued from previous page)because they all dropped off dead one by one. They had no one to sell and they got very poor.
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- A Story of a Tinker Woman
About 30 yrs ago a Tinker Woman was seen floating away with the flood in Kilcolgan river. The people of Kileelee had great difficulties in trying to take her out of the river because the flood was very strong.
When they took her out she was dead. Then they saw a little bundle on her back and opened it and saw a small child asleep in it. - Transcription guide » 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.
- Informant
- Denis Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Kilcornan, Co. Galway
