School: Cill t-Síothláin, Cluain Meala (roll number 7607)
- Location:
- Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Aragáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0568, Page 200
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- Shoe making in this district is an old industry. The shoe makers are more commonly called cobblers. There are two cobblers in this district. One cobbler lives in Kilcash. The cobbler generally minds boots and shoes. The cobbler in Kilsheelan is a man named Mr. Connolly. His father made boots long ago in Kilsheelan. Another man named James Murphy made boots, in Kilsheelan long ago. The soles of wooden clogs were made just below the bridge in Kilsheelan. The soles were carved out of the wood of a special tree called the bog Elder. This tree grows in a sort of bog. The soles of the clogs were sent to Holland. Up to last year the soles were made in Kilsheelan. The soles were made in a place near a bright well called the Tobar Geal.
- Collector
- Christy Mahony
- Gender
- Male
