School: Abbey (B.), Celbridge (roll number 5350)
- Location:
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. J. McManus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 342
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- (continued from previous page)shape of a candle and when they were lighted, they burned like candles. When these were made a good many were stored up for use in the Winter.There was a house in the townland of Coolfitch about one hundrend years ago in which buttons were made, about mile outside Celbridge. It has been repaired since and a man named [Bobbert] lives in it at present. This factory was owned by a man named Dillon. This man did not employ many men. All trace of this factor is disappeared and none of the machinery is to be found in the locality. A man named William Dunn gave me two of these buttons. They were made of wood with two holes through them. Some(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seamas Ó Condel
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Harte
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Hazelhatch, Co. Dublin
