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School: Ros Nuala (Rossnowlagh) (roll number 11599)

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Rossnowlagh Upper or Crockahany, Co. Donegal
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Síle Ní Mhaoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 189

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    of bags, while the tramps sleep in barns or old houses or at a haystack. The gipsies sleep in vans and travel in families.
    The best known tinkers in this district are the Mallonies, the Smiths, the Friels and the Wards. Spagai, Simon boyle and Martin Mac Donough are the names of the local tramps.
    Pedlars [sic] are much the same as gipsies only they have no vans but go about in carts. They sell clothes and delph. The pedlars of this district are Susan and Martin Evans and Barney Gildea.
    All these travelling folk come to the towns and villages at the fair.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Mangan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Birra, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Mangan
    Gender
    Male