School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)"is this yours" and he denied it was his. Every man in the hotel denied it to be theirs. Then Dan said "Well when I can not get an owner you can have it" talking to the waiter who brought it out.Dan went out on the street and he met a tinker who had very torn clothes on him. O'Connell put his had into his pocket and pulled up a five pound note and gave it to the tinker and said to the tinker get a new suit of clothes and come out here to me again.
The tinker bought the clothes and went out to Dan dressed like any gentleman. Then Dan said to him to in and ask room for a month from the owner of the hotel and whatever he demands give it to him. The tinker did so got the room and told Dan. Then said Dan here is another £5 go and buy some tin and get two or three more tinkers and let ye go making cans and saucepans.They were making so much noise that at last they ran the gents out of the hotel. Then Dan found that he had his revenge on the gents and on the keeper of the. From that time until now the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Thomas Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 91
- Address
- Knockmascahill, Co. Galway
