School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 457

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  1. Travelling Folk.
    Travelling folk such as tinsmith and gipsies still call at the houses but very few of the extreme poor beggars that were plentiful in olden times are to be seen now.
    Most of those travellers are very poor. Some of them sell small articles such as wicker works, pieces of material, lace and other small articles.
    The poorest of these accept alms such as flour, bacon, potatoes, sugar, tea, eggs or money. But others would not take anything.
    They travel on foot on horseback or on carts and some of them travel in families and others in bands but
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    92
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Roscommon