School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)
- Location:
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Seóighe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090D, Page 16_028
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- I saw him first in Ballinrobe carrying a canvas bag under his arm. When I came to know him better I learned that he lived with his wife and child in an old tumbled-down shack on the roadside. He wears a brown jersey and an old grey tweed trousers all stained and patched and also an old pair of tattered boots.
I see him so often that I can tell it is him before he comes within a hundred yards of me, because of his disheveled hair, his grey eyes, his lurching walk and his red sun-tanned face. He is always smiling and shouting, and as he shouts(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Ging
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo
