School: Clochar na Trocaire
- Location:
- Tuam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0193
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- Long ago there was a man that used to go to every wedding and when the wedding was going on he used to take down a door from the gable-end and put it on the floor and he used to dance a hornpipe a gig and a reel on it and all the boy and girls would follow his dancing. His name was Micéal Mór he used to dance all around the country and every place he went he used to do the same thing. It was all the Keery dance he used to dance.
Mr Farell was another good dancer when a wedding or a dance was being held. He used to tell all that was at the wedding to come out to the barn along with him. Some of them would go out with him but others would stay in the house. He used to bring up one of the biggest girls up in the top of a porter barrel and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Olive Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tuam, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Nolan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tuam, Co. Galway
