School: St Mary's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 433
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“Long ago there were coats named walecoats and these were worn by the Donegal men when going up to Devy to beat the Orangemen.”
Long ago there were coats named walecoats and these were worn by the Donegal men when going to Derry to beat the Orange men. These coats were grey and had long loose sleeves and large collars but no belts as they did not require any.They also wore red knitted caps on their heads, and these were very small, and only reached down to the ears.There is a song concerning these coats(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Donaghey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Liam Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- Over 70
- Address
- Ballymagan Upper and Lower and Clonblosk, Co. Donegal