School: Na Creaga

Location:
Creggs, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 100

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  1. Pat Gaquin was a weaver. In his youth and prime he lived in the village of Creggs. His house was situated between James Roarke’s and Thomas Hurleys.
    It was a favourite rambling house for the local people of a past generation, who used to visit the weaver each night for the purpose of listening to his stories and of watching him operating the loom. The tweed flannels and blankets woven by him were used in most houses in this and adjoining parishes and he was able to live in comparative comfort.
    Towards the close of the last century his sight began to fail and he was obliged to abandon his trade.
    When the little he had saved was he was obliged to take to the road, and beg bread from door to door.
    A low sized clean-shaven man approaching seventy years presented a pathetic spectacle
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    M. J. Kelly
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway