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School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

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Knocknagree, Co. Cork
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Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 184

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  1. Local Tailors (continued)

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    with him. Other tailors carried around two men with them. They used to stay in the houses about two days They usually slept in the houses. The master used not eat with the men. He ate in the parlour where he got tea but the others had to be contented with potatoes. They used to get about five shillings a day.
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  2. Local Tailors

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    In olden times people did not carry their suits to the tailors, the tailors used to go around from house to house to make their suits. The names of the old journey men tailors were, Ritchard Riordan and John Twomey and Michael Mahony. Ritchard Riordan and his son
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Súileabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mícheál Ó Súileabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48