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School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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Brierfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 155

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    th July 1938
    Tailors
    There are four or five tailors living around my district and the names of them are, Kavanagh, Cosgrave, Fahy, Dempsey and Joe Nolan.
    Kavanagh has his house in Abbert. He is a very good tailor and he gets a lot of work to do. His father was a tailor also and he was a very good tailor.
    Kavanagh has only one foot because it got cut off when he was a young man. He sells clothes in his own house. He makes a lot of suits also for all the boys and men around his district. Kavanagh comes to Abbey Mass every Sunday in a donkey and trap. He is a very
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence Mullins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brierfield South, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mary Mullins
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Brierfield South, Co. Galway