School: Rinn Troisc (roll number 13099)
- Location:
- Reentrusk, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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- People were seventeen years before they wore boots. There were people there long ago who never wore boots. The children go barefoot now. People wore shoes with timber soles. It is said that people couldn't afford to buy boots long ago. It is said that there was a shoemaker in Reentrusk.
- It is said that it was thatch and sods they had as roofs.The sods were cut on the ban because they hadn't any slates then. There were two beds in the kitchen. The old(continues on next page)
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- Patrick Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
