School: N. Colmcille, Buncrana (roll number 16752)
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 361
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- (continued from previous page)There are three or four shoemakers whose grand-fathers wers shoemakers. In former times clogs were worn. Thers was a tannery working at Bridgend seven miles from Buncrana about fifty years ago. The pits of the tannery are there yet. Raw cow hide was at one time used for covering the feet.
- About sixty or seventy years ago the children did not wear boots or shoes till they were six or seven years of age. There is an odd account of people who(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Colm Quigley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Hugh Quigley
- Gender
- Male
