School: Ballinakill (C.) (roll number 896)
- Location:
- Ballinakill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Eilís Ní Cheirín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 130
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- Long ago Ballinakill was a very industrious town. There was weaving, baking, milling and brewing carried on extensively in it. There were two mills about half a mile outside the town situated in a placed called Ironmills, a flour mill and an oaten mill and the ruins of them are to be seen still. All the shops carried on the weaving industry. All the people used a weave their own clothes and there was a great demand for them. There were five bakeries belonging to different people. The brewery was situated in a lane called the Brewery Lane. A great number of people were employed at the different industries and there was a great sitr in the town and a big population.
Information supplied by,
Mrs Fitzpatrick,
Monaclear,
Ballinakill,
Leix. Aged 76.Maggie Fitzpatrick,
Monaclear,
Ballinakill,
Leix.
- Collector
- Maggie Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moneycleare, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Moneycleare, Co. Laois
