School: Stonetown, Louth (roll number 16431)
- Location:
- Stonetown Lower, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubháin
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- Tallow candles and soap were made by a family of chandlers named Byrne, in west street Drogheda, as recently, as 30 years ago.
A family named Mathews nicknamed "The Galloughs" were expert basket makers, at Mullacrew up to about 20 years ago, when the surviving member "Tom the Gallough" a well known character died.
Mullacrew also boasted a cooper and a member of the Kelly still bears that sobriquet.
Spades and shovels were and possible are still made, by people called O'Hare who lived at Dundalk.
- Collector
- Maureen Neary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monavallet, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Iósep O Nádharaigh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Monavallet, Co. Louth
