School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)
- Location:
- Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hugh Mc Kee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 494
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- Bridget Mc Colgan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drummanneill, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Edward Mc Colgan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drummanneill, Co. Donegal
- The most common beggars in this district are George Gallagher, and James Gallagher, and Katie McDevitt, and Maggie Dunn. They are very poor. They are going about for fifty years. They always get a welcome whenever they come to our house, and they get many a night's lodgings. The alms they get are pennies and bread and sometimes tea and sugar and eggs and some people make them tea and(continues on next page)
