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School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 072

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    six shoe - makers in the district - almost one in every village.
    They had a lot of old names on the pieces put on shoes - taoibhín a piece on the side. bairichín - a piece on the top.
    Sometimes the trade follows from father to son. Patrick Kelly, Colmanstown was a shoe - maker and his son was a shoe - maker. Shoes were not as plentiful long ago as they are now.
    Rita Lally
    Menlough G.S.
    Heard from,
    Thomas Lally
    Polnabrone.
    Aged 77 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Lally
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Lally
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Pollnabrone, Co. Galway