School: Willistown, Dunleer (roll number 7597)
- Location:
- Willistown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ó Liatháin
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- 162Old Crafts.
Rush and mould candles were made.
Ploughs and gates were made by John Callaghan, Mount Doyle
Nails were made by a man named Mac Clelland who lived beside the school.
Thatching was done by several men in the district, the thatched being tied by a cord or twine.
Lime was burned in a kiln at Annagassan.
Salmon are fished on the rivers Dee and Glyde with nets. Nets four hundred yards long are used in fishing salmon in the bay.
