School: Virginia (B)

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ó Raghallaigh
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  3. XML “Travelling Folk - Paddy Carroll”
  4. XML “Travelling Folk - Brian Dunne”
  5. XML “Travelling Folk - Owen Connolly”

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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ambrose Canning
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Edward Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
  2. Owen Connolly is a man that has recently come to live in this district. He gathers porter bottles and sells them in the town. He goes round the country every day gathering porter bottles. He carries them into the town on his back in a sack. He is drunk three or four times a week, and is always cursing
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