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School: Pitfield, Inis (roll number 11091)

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Cloondrinagh, Co. Clare
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Tomás Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0606, Page 182

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    expenses of the feast.
    All the women, whose families were invited to the feast, contributed some thing. One woman sent a goose, another woman sent a turkey, another woman sent tea and sugar, and so on.
    About six half-barrels of porter were brought and a great feast was held.
    The bride usually went to the church in the last car, and the bride-groom went first, on horse-back.
    The bride-groom, bride, best man and woman went home in the first car, after the ceremony.
    Kathleen O'Dea,
    Lavalla,
    Ballynacally,
    Co. Clare.
    Told to me by
    Pat Gavin, (aged 60) (Same address)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Dea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lavally, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Pat Gavin
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Lavally, Co. Clare