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   “My mother told me that when she was young and going to school...”

   

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   dress it when he went because it was not used and she found a small book after him and what was in it was hand-written Irish prayers

   

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   “My father John Kennely of William Street Listowel told me that in days gone by tailors were very fond of being on the road.”

   

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   My father John Kennely of William Street Listowel told me that in days gone by tailors were very fond of being on the road. One veteran journey man tailor named Denis Sheehan from Newcastlewest was nicknamed "The Belfast Boat." He might be seen working in one of the towns in Munster any day. Within the space of a week he would be seen on the Belfast boat for England. He might work then for some time in England, but never did many months pass by before he would be seen again on one of the Munster roads. One very wet evening he was making for Munster. It happened that there was a hearse from a town returning from a funeral. He implored the driver to allow him inside the hearse. In that manner he reached the town

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Kennelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   John Kennelly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry