School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)

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1. Old Crafts - Weaving (continued)

   

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   the district. The women and girls used to card the wool and spin it inot thread in their own homes. Then the thread or "yarn" as it was sometimes called, was sent to the weaver and he wove it into cloth called flannel. The machine he used was called a hand loom. There were various colours of flannel such as white, grey or striped.

   

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2. Old Crafts - Weaving

   

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   There was a number of weavers in this parish until that time. Two brothers, John and James Mc Keon lived in the townland of Tullyvacan. There is no trace of the house now. Peter Flynn owns their land. A man named Michael Mc Gourty (known by the name of "Morning" lived in the townland of Aughrim on the banks of the Yellow River beside where the "Metal Bridge" is now. He was a weaver. Some of the walls of his house are still to be seen. The land which he owned belongs now to Michael Mc Grail. A named named Fehily was a weaver in the townland of Carntulla. He lived in a house belonging to Tom Flynn.

   (Francie Browne from his grandmother, Mrs. Susan Rynn, Aughrim)

   Note: When the flannel was taken home it was wet and "thickened". It used to be washed and pulled and rolled on a stick. Then it was taken off and used.

   {Brighid Ní Loughlin from her grandmother, Mrs. Brigid Mc Gourty of Tullynaha.}

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. spinning and weaving (~482)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brighid Ní Loughlin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Bridget Mc Gourty

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tullynahaia, Co. Leitrim