School: Don
- Location:
- Cartron More, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Tiomáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 189
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"Ná creid fionn agus ná creid Fiach Agus na criedh briathra mná
Más moch mall eiríochas and ghrian is mar is toil le Dia a bhéas an lá."When talking of the weather and giving opinions of what the next day is likely to be like an old man. Tom Regan of Lisengool, Tibohine, Frenchpark often quotes above lines. He is one of the very few of the old people in the parish able to speak Irish now He prides in speaking Irish and the writer when a boy was often encouraged by him to speak Irish away back in 1912 as the old man said
When we go - the old people - like some of the young ones to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Timon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Regan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Lissergool, Co. Roscommon
