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School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

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Graigue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 036

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    Coakley a travelling Irish teacher used to go from house to house teaching Irish. There was Higgins the sweep. The three Singletons William, Margaret, and Michael were travelling fiddlers. Micky and Paddy Hogan were travelling tinkers and Tom O Donovan was a poet "Davy the bottles" used to go around the country gathering bottles.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Michael Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork