School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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  1. The terms which the farmers gave their labourers are an almost unique product of Irish industrial live. It was known as the cottier system, the "cottiers" being the great majority of the persons employed as agricultural labouers. They were also the great majority of the Catholic population.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eilís Nic Mhuiris
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry
  2. There the fiddlers were plying their bows with zest and vigour, and dozens of the couples were drawing music from the dry earthen floor as they kept time to the lively tunes. The first dance was always led off by the farmer and his smiling wife and any of the older
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