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School: Gallow (roll number 8301)

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Gallow, Co. Meath
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Cáit, Bean Uí Mhuirín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 429

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    smooth it and finishes off the roof with knots of straw made neatly. He cuts the eave with the shears. In the parish of Coole there are about twenty four thatched houses.
    Kevin Reolly
    Bally Gortagh
    Summerhill
    Co. Meath 15-6-1938
    Gallow N.S.
    (Only one thatcher in district now: Thaddeus Balfe, Coole, Gardice, Kilcock. He learned the trade from his father (dead).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygortagh, Co. Meath