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School: Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13563)

Location:
Kilkenny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Giolla Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1053, Page 234

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    in one of the factories and two hundred in the other.
    The workers come from the neighbouring districts. Most of them stay in the town and come on Saturday night and go back again on Monday morning. Others of them cycle home every night. Most of the thread is got in Ireland.
    I know of two spinning- wheels in this parish but they are not used now as the old people who knew to work them are dead.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Boyce
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr John Boyce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mulnamin Beg, Co. Donegal