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School: Bailieboro (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 267

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  1. Old Crafts (continued)

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    The Square, Main St. This man had a "feather loft" on which the feathers were sorted. Five or six girls were employed at this work, and carts were sent round the country to collect the feathers, etc.
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  2. Local Heroes - Great Walkers

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    Sixty or seventy years ago very few postmen were employed, and these had to travel very long distances on foot, as bicycles were then unknown.
    The postman who delivered the post in Bailieboro started from Virginia every morning. He walked through Bailieboro, on to Carrickmacross, back to Bailieboro and home to Virginia - a distance of about thirty Irish miles per day,
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Guirk
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Miss B. Farrelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan