School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 05_017
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- Many travellers come to Prizon district. Barony of Carra, parish of Balla, Co. Mayo. They are called tinkers or gipsies.
The Mahons are tinkers. They sell tin-cans and saucepans of all sizes. They also mend leaking cans. They travel all round the country on a cart or some times walking.
They ask alms such as flour, milk, tea, sugar, bread or butter or sometimes a few potatoes.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maisie Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
