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School: Fieldstown, Drogheda (roll number 14462)

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Fieldstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0674, Page 185

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    About twenty years ago the people used to weave cloth on the Old Road. Some of the people have parts of the looms still. Mrs Shevlin Old Road has a shuttle and a reel. Mary Jane Maguire Old Road was the last person in the district to have a loom. The spinning industry was dead long before the weaving. The flax industry is dead also. There used to be a pool of water where the flax was washed on the Old Road. The flax was kept in Buac-houses and there are some to be seen still one in Monasterboice and another in Mr Berril's Greenlake.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ann Jane Winters
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fieldstown, Co. Louth
    Informant
    James Winters
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Brownstown, Co. Louth