School: Rathwire (B.) (roll number 8415)
- Location:
- Rathwire, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ó Gallóglaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 390
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“Children in this locality began to wear boots when they were about two years old.”
Children in this locality began to wear boots when they were about two years old. The very poor children did not wear them till they were three or four years old. All the children attending Rathwire School come bare-footed during the summer months. There was an old woman living in the village about thirty years ago and she never wore boots winter or summer. Her name was Moll Mack. She was a fine strong hardy woman. Boots are repaired locally. There are two cobblers in the village. Years ago there was a shoemaker in the village of Rathwire named Dinny Connor. He made and repaired boots and amassed an immense fortune. His people are the biggest and wealthiest cattle-men in the district. We have no shoemake in the village at present for the farmers wear Shop or factory boots.