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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 07_041

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    Some of them make tin cans and saucepans and go around from house to house selling them and ask a charity in every house they go to. They gather more food stuff this way than they sometimes can use. These are the tinkers which stay around Prison, Ball, Barony of Carra Co. Mayo, Maughans, Wards, Myers, Reillys.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo