School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

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Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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  1. Thatching is an old craft around Ballyouskill. There are a couple of thatches in Ballyouskill
    Michael Ryan is a great thatcher. When he is thatching he strips off some of the thatch.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Jeremiah Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
  2. About seventeen years ago there was brick making in Attanagh. The drew the clay from Finweir in Buckets. The made bricks and pots. Bill Haligan worked in it. The made houses out of the bricks. There are alot of houses in Leix made of brick. They put a name of the bricks Durrow Metalic, because Attanagh was in the parish of Durrow at that time. The got. They got clay and lime and water and the mixed them they then let it harden in brick bowls.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.