School: Tullycanna
- Location:
- Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Tomás de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 207
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- (continued from previous page)would annoy a saint. They nearly all have caravans to live in now, and when they come to a district they remain couple of weeks if they would be doing well but on the other hand if they were badly they would not be long in making themselves scarce.They would accept anything and generally they would want more than they would be likely to get.
They travel from place to place in carts but of late years some of them are becoming more modern and travel on bicycles. Some of them travel in families but the greater number travel in bands
The best known of these travelers are :-
the Connors, Cash's and the Dundons. There are so many Connors that they are distinguished only by nicknames suck as, Black Mick, Bothered Jerry, Soft Jerry, and Long Jem. They all gather to this district for the 15th of August which is the "Big Day" in Cullenstown.
The Connors deal(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maxboley, Co. Wexford
