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School: Shanakill, Roscrea

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Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
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Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 164

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

    “Tom Coady is an old man with a meg of beard and he would stay a couple of days in a house if he was let...”

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    Told to Bridie Maher, Skehanagh by her father
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  2. Travelling Folk

    “A pedlar named James Brien used come around here with an ass and car selling pins and needles and lacers and delph and studs...”

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    A pedlar named James Brien used come around here with an ass and car selling pins and needles and lacers and delph and studs.
    A man named Ned Heffernan often comes around this part of the country. He is a drover and is from Upperchurch.
    There was a drover called "Jacko" going around here. He died in the Thurles Home.
    There was a man around her called John Hayes. He was an old man. He had eating diabetis. He used be praying along the road. He died in some home.
    A man called Jack Arthur often comes around here. He would sometimes work with the farmers.
    Hutchinson the sweep often goes around here. He stops at Carrolls.
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  3. Fairy Forts

    “There is only one fairy fort around this district...”

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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel Quinlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Quinlan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shanakill, Co. Tipperary