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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

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Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 448

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    Basket making was one of the chief industries carried on in olden times. There are not as many basket-makers in our district as there was a few years ago. Tom Lydon, John Dodd and John Callaghan are among the best known of the basket-makers in this locality at the present day.
    Mostly all the gates and fire-cranes in our district are made in the local forge.
    Spinning and weaving is not carried on at present but it was
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    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
    Collector
    Vera Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Mulligan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo