School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)
- Location:
- Rathkell, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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- Creels are made locally. Most farmers have creels and use them some time or other. They are useful for putting out turf in the bog on donkeys; also for putting out manure to a garden or plot, to which a cart cannot be conveniently brought, and they are especially useful during the potato-digging season for conveying the potatoes from where they are dug, to the pits.Most farmers in our district are able to make creels, but the best creel-makers are Michael Martyn of Glenavenue, and Pat Mangan of Ballymayock. Both men specialize in the making of creels. They grow a great deal of rods and make creels out of them for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael F. Marley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Islandmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Dominck Marley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Islandmore, Co. Mayo