1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tír na nEascrach

School: Tír na nEascrach

Location:
Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eamonn Ó Coigligh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0249

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0249

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tír na nEascrach
  2. XML Page 0249
  3. XML “Crafts”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Crafts

    Share Share Post
    A sieve maker. Mike Fitzgerald in Cappa.
    Basket making - even yet man men make baskets. One old man travels round the country in a caravan drawn by a horse. He often stays here for a week or so. His name is Pat High
    We use High's baskets in the school for turf.
    Tanning - there were two Tan yards one in Derrahiney and one in Tirnascragh.
    Rope making - hay or straw rope are made by every farmer even yet
    Cooper. Tom Murphy Killimor made churns till lately
    Ploughs The Nevins were famous plough makers. The last of them Michael is still famous for repairing
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English