School: Garracloon (roll number 6852)

Location:
Garrycloonagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James J. Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 115

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  1. There were eighteen livings in Knockfree from Martin Moran's to Garracloon School. It is over a hundred years since people lived there. Most of them were cottiers and they had no land. They used to get a rood of land each from a man having a farm of land near them. They paid for this land by working for the owner.
    There was a butcher's shop there and the man that owned it used to kill little bullocks and sell the meat. There was a tailor's shop and a cobbler's shop there too.
    The people of the district used to spin their wool into yarn and then bring the yarn to the weaver who would weave it into cloth. Then they would bring the cloth to the tailor and he would make suits of it.
    The people that lived there were very cross and they used to be
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Knockfree, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Thomas Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockfree, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockfree, Co. Mayo