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School: Coore (Cora), Mullach (roll number 10191)

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Coor West, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Midheach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 430

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    to that the son brings in. But it is a very fortunate farmer who can provide for all his sons and daughters so. Usually, one the heir and one daughter are married and dowered - the one with the farm the other with the fortune. All the rest "must travel".
    This in brief is how matchmaking is carried on in the Kilmurry Ibrickane parish, and the purposes behind it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
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