School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 220
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- (continued from previous page)baskets for all the local people. He used to make baskets for holding potatoes and turf and baskets for shopping in. He used to make them from sallies. When he had them made he sold them for two and a shillings each.
- Michael Tithe of Baradrum used to make Baskets out of sallies. He made them for teaming potatoes and for carrying parcels from the shop. He also made creels for carrying turf from the bog. Frank Tierney of Finea used to weave towels and sheets out of flax. James Dunleavy of Correally used to make tubs out of trees. Frank Fagan of Killashallow used to make spades out of steel. He had a forge in Killashallow and the ruins of it are there yet.
- There was a great weaver in this locality whose name was Con Drum of Lowertown. He used to weave for all the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Carrigy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Chancery, Co. Westmeath
