School: Timahoe (roll number 14486)
- Location:
- Timahoe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: R. O' Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 212
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- Rhody O'Byrne, Timahoe aged 87 told me that the log wheel car was the car used in olden times.
The last one seen around here
was about 120 yr ago.
The wheels of these were made out of the trunk of a tree.
They were drawn with strong briars as draughts; the only iron part in them was the axle.
When these cars were taken to Dublin with a load of stuff they were sold for 2s for fire-wood and the man rode back on the horse bringing with him the axle.
He mad a new car every time he went to the market.
Walter O'Byrne was the first man to bring a spoke-whell car around here.
- Collector
- John J. O' Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Timahoe, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Rhody O' Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Aghoney, Co. Laois
- Firkins were made here for two and six in olden times.
The last men to make "Firkins" around her werre O'Carroll and Dunne. Firkins were about the size of a gunpowder(continues on next page) - Collector
- James J. O' Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Timahoe, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Rhody O' Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Aghoney, Co. Laois
