School: Rathnure (C.) (roll number 12480)
- Location:
- Rathnure Upper, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Bholguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 212
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- (continued from previous page)now they are all made by machinery in the factories in the big towns and cities.
- Spinning and Weaving were carried out in this district around fifty years ago. There was not a homuse in the parish that had not its spinning wheel and then there was a weaver or two in the district also.
John Quigley, Manamolin was the weaver in this district about sixty years ago. He lived in a little hut in Coolbawn, and earned his living by weaving. His descendants have a farm in Monamolin. When he gave up weaving he bought this farm with the money he had saved, from the landlord Mr Bruen who lived in Coolbawn also.
The weaving was done in the homes(continues on next page)
