School: Barrow (roll number 11850)
- Location:
- Barrow, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Ml. Ó hUallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)his family went away to America. A man by the name of Dowling was evicted also. This man stayed in Lisodigue until he died.
- Travelling people or beggars or tinkers as they are called visit this district often. Sometimes strange beggars come. The most of them are very poor. They sell small articles to the people such as - clothes, chairs, carpets ware, brooches, pins and studs. The people buy these things from them. They make some of the articles themselves and they buy the rest of them and they make profit on them. The people don't like to see them coming into their houses because they would ask everything in the house. If they got your back turned they would steal whatever they would see. They sleep in the corner(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Dubháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barrow, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Devane
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Barrow, Co. Kerry
