School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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- (continued from previous page)four times a year. They alway slept in a corner near a fire. They were supplied with sacks of hay or straw and a quilt for a bed.
- Bacac O Laoghra an old travelling man, stayed at Tim Collin's the house now owned by John MacCarthy Liskeen. James Donavan commonly known as James "Marcarl" stayed at Cosadh Cuinne on the road behind Michael Herlihy's Knocknagree. He used to sell fish.
Dick McCarthy commonly known as Dick the "Doiser". His wife had a "wheel of fortune" and she used to carry it around to all the fairs. The used to gather into(continues on next page)
