School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)

Location:
Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 281

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    engaged in the boot-making industry. When Michael Norton died as his children were young the business was taken over by Lyons, their uncle, and the firm was then known by the name of Lyons-Norton.
    The Mullinahone boots were at this time in great demand. They were cheap and the quality was good. Men's boots were sold at 9/- per pair, and Ladies' at 5/6 and 6/- per pair. Buyers walked from Cashel and the surrounding country, from Bansha, Tipperary town, Urlingford, etc. for the Mullinahone boots, and in the month of October as many as fifty pairs were sometimes sold in half an hour. It is interesting to note that at this time Nortons paid for their leather in gold sovereigns.
    In later years the tanning of boots was abandoned in Mullinahone, and the leather for the uppers was purchased at Meyers, Clonmel, and still later at O'Callaghan's, Limerick. Pigs' hair was used in stitching the leather, a bundle of hairs being obtained for a penny at that time.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie O' Connell
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    John Norton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Occupation
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary