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A Tailor
A Tailor

About seventy years ago there was a tailor in Fargureens on the Parish of Balla in the barony of Carra named Micheal Reilly. He was never called but "Micheal an tailliúir."

INFORMANT: Mrs Kearns, Age 40, Manulla, Co. Mayo

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National Folklore Collect, Margaret Kearns, School Collection, Co. Mayo, Dùchas.ie, Country Life, Shops, The Schools’ Collection, Local Heroes, History & FolkoreMargaret KearnsTailor, ShopsComment
Local Heroes
Local Heroes

There was a Jack Mahon in Ballymahon, Balla parish , who was supposed to have a "charm" for mowing. He would whet his scythe in the morning and mow till night and he could do as much work in one day as two men would do in two days.

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Mary A. O' Doherty, Patsy Ansbro, Local Heroes, Dùchas.ie, History & Folklore, Story, StoriesMary A. O' DohertyGeorge Robert Fitzgerald, Counsellor McDonnell, Denis Browne, Great Mower, Dancer, Pat Corrigan, Patsy Ansbro, AnsbroComment
Our Native Village
Our Native Village

My Native Village is called Prison. It is a very large village consisting of 27 houses and 125 people. Among this crowd of people there are about ten people who are over seventy years of age. Each of these people can speak a little Irish. There are about eight families of Reilly's residing at Prizon, so Reilly is the most common name

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National Folklore Collect, Prizon village, Rita Corcoran, Co. Mayo, Local Heroes, Local Area, Dùchas.ie, History & FolkoreRita Corcoranhistory, Rita Corcoran, Corcoran, Local heros, Reilly, VillageComment