School: St Mary's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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- Mr Doherty (Stout) who lives in Ballymagan, is an old age pensioner.
He is a great storyteller but he does not know any Irish. He is a good thatcher of houses, and every one in the district likes to see him coming. There is a "failte" for him in every house he visits, and on his leaving there is a warm invitation to soon return. He keeps the people of the house in roaring laughter.
Mr Doherty - called locally "Gileys Willie" is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Kate Mc Kinney
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Publican
- Address
- Ballymagan Upper and Lower and Clonblosk, Co. Donegal
