School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum
- Location:
- Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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- Tinkers come round in carts or caravans and go from town to town selling baskets and mats. Some of the names are - Murphy, Doran, Cash, Connors, Byrne.
- Tinkers come to the houses in twos and threes begging and trying to sell things made of tin, mats or lace. The travel in spring-drays or caravans and camp beside the roads. They usually come before a fair and the same families come every time. The steal things often.
- Collector
- Cecil Ireland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bahana (Whaley), Co. Wicklow