School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 047
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- (continued from previous page)it up. He used to make barrels and churns and he got great call, for a cooper's trade was a good trade in the old days.
Wheels are made in the forge by John Walsh, Windgap, and wheels are also made by the carpenter Johnny Jackman. There was an old man going around and his name was "Nailer", how he got this name is because he was famous for making nails. There are two disused lime kilns in Ballyhawk. There is a lime kiln in Baline which is still used.
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- Collector
- Kitty Ryan
- Gender
- Female
