School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)
- Location:
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Hunter
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 061
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- In the year 1815 there was candle making in Athlone, by a family named Dixon.
People named Salls, used to make baskets in Athlone long ago.
A man named Mayberry who lived in Connaught St., Athlone, used to make nails. There was a man named Galvin from the Derrys Athlone, who used to burn lime.
Connelly from Glyrwood Athlond, was a well-known cooper.
A man named Muillen of Kilgarven, Athlone, was a great dyer and weaver.
A man named Ned Burns was a great carpenter and some of his work is in Ireland yet. He lived in Kilgarven, Athlone.
A man from Bonnavally, Athlone, named Burns was a great thatcher, he used to sew the thatch on.
Noggins, a wooden oak drinking vessel were made at a place called Tabbritt on the Ballinahown road in the year 1820.
Sprnning, weaving and tanning were carried on in Athlone in the year 1800.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Paddy Burns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bunnavally, Co. Westmeath
