School: Tamhnach tSeiscinn (roll number 12778)
- Location:
- Tamhnaigh an tSeascainn, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Tárpaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 203
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- (continued from previous page)soon gathered and picked them up.
The continued this for two weeks. By this time all the people had left the hotel as it had got the name of the tinkers hotel.
The owner had to sell the place as no one would stay in the Tinkers Hotel.
- There lived in the town of Boyle a man named Luke Finneran.
He was noted for his comical ways of saying and doing things. He was never known to say thanks for any thing he was given. One day King Harmon of Rockingham was out walking with an English man. When King Harmon saw him coming he made a bet with the Englishman that here was a man that would never say thanks no matter what he was given to him. The English man accepted the bet confident that he would win. When they met King Harmon introduced Luke to the Gentleman.
Then after a while taking the Englishman remarked that Luke was in need of clothes.(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Moraghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lowparks, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Charles Moraghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lowparks, Co. Ros Comáin
