School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc

Location:
Freemount, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 038

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 038

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    were also made in this shop.
    Keelers were vessels used by the farmers for the setting of new milk. These vessels were made of oak.
    Another very important industry in Freemount was shoe-making. A shoemaker named Kennedy had no less than ten shoemakers employed in his shop in the village at one time. Owing to the introduction of "Shop boots" the trade declined and after a few years it died out altogether. Clog making too, was carried on here.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Nunan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Lenihan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynaguilla, Co. Cork