School: Cill a' Lachtáin

Location:
Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0332

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0332

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  1. People began to wear boots at five years of age, when they started to go to school long ago. There was a man by the name of Thomas Cooney, Cartron, who never wore boots. There are two bootmakers in this locality. Mr. Donlan who reside in Abbey and Mr. Daly who resides in Aughrim. The boots are repaired in this locality by these bootmakers. It was always in their family. there are about as many shoemakers out now as there were long ago. The boots
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Kearns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway