School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)

Location:
Cappamore, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
James McCarthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 166

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    whatever rushes were hanging down from the eave of the house and straightened the eave. Then the thatching was finished. There were several thatchers in Cappamore. Tommy O'Brien and his brother Jimmy O'Brien were the best.
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  2. Thatching is very common in Ireland. When a person is thatching he gets rushes and scallops and sometimes reed. The rushes are got in fields and they should be tall, strong rushes. Reed is got growing by the side of the sea.
    "Johnie Mac Inerney", Portnard, Cappamore, Barony Owney Beg, Co. Limerick is the thatcher. Scallops are got growing on sally trees, on the ditches. The sallies are then split to make the scallops.
    A few thousand of them will thatch a
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Knocknacarriga, Co. Limerick