Feddin’s is situated about five miles from Carrick-on-Suir. There is an old Castle. The ruins of this Castle are still to be seen. It is a square building covered over with ivy and it only shows about half of the original Castle. Our elders say a community of priests lived there and it is adjacent to the present priest’s house. A pot of copper was dug out of there in the year 1862. Richard Power who was one of the Gurteen De’ La’ Poer occupied the Castle. Now this man’s father who was Richard also, he called his son Richard of Feddin. In the 1570 the Castle was given to John Power as his brother had paid no rent for it. In that year Edmund Power who was sheriff divided the country into cantreds or quarters. Richard Power father of Richard of Feddin has a monument erected to him at Mothill grave-yard. He died when he was about seventy years of age. Sir Robert De' La’ Poer was first Lord of Gurteen. Rathgormuck castle also belonged to the Poers. There is hill between Feddin’s and Rathgormuck as to let you know that this shuts of the Castle at Feddin’s. There is an old Rath nearby.

Sometimes beggarmen call at my home and some of them have things for sale such as, laces, combs, needles, thread, pins, holy pictures, eggcups, tie-pins, hairpins and shirt studs. I do not know where they were born but none are natives of Rathgormuck.
They generally lodge in farmers' barns or on the lofts over the outhouses. In some of the farmers' houses there are beds for them and they stay in the houses for a couple of days. They sometimes stay in the houses for a couple of days. They sometimes stay in the houses only for a night. During the day they go around the district begging.
They are welcomed in most houses and get their meals there. They also get bread and butter, eggs, potatoes or some other food when they are leaving and sometimes some money.
When they are leaving they say little prayers of thanks to the people of the house. Some of the prayers are
are "God bless you". "May God increase your store". "May the Lord have mercy on the dead of this house". "That you may live long and die happy". "That you may never know a poor day".