School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)

Location:
Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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    basket and sell knicks-knacks. But he was never called John Casey but he was called "A Stor." He got his own name from his talk. He used to say "Every little thing "a stor" to make a penny "a stor". That is the way he got his name. He was a very nice old man.
    Another man that often travelled around here was Jerry Scully. Mick Doyle was another nice old man. He often stayed in my house but he is dead now.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Sheaghdha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigrour, Co. Cork