School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Tralee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Proinnsias
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 060
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- In Ireland most marriages are contracted between the 6th of January and Shrove Tuesday. There are many different customs observed in different [?] of the country in preparing for a marriage [?]. In the Rural Areas the system known as match-making still prevails. The parties to married very often never see each other until everything is arranged by the "matchmakers". The usual method of procee [?] is as follows. The father of the bride has his eye on a certain farm for his daughter. He sends a neighbour or the local "matchmakers" to the owner, usually the Father or Mother of the Intended bridegroom.
The matchmaker pays a visit in a most casual way; he talks about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Ceallaig
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rock Street, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr G. Fernane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rock Street, Co. Kerry
