School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)

Location:
Leggagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 411

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  1. The following facts were collected by Francis Gallagher N.T. Leggah N.S. Moyne, Co. Longford, who heard them from Mick Smyth, a native of Moyne who died thirty-four years ago aged seventy-seven years.
    Moyne was an important little village one hundred years ago. It was a regular hive of industry. It consisted of two public houses, a barracks, two tailors' shops, a blacksmith's forge, a nailers' forge, a carpenters' shop and two weavers' shops. Along one side of the road leading from Moyne Cross roads to Moyne Church, a distance of about one hundred yards there were at least eight dwelling houses, whose ruins were in existence up to twenty years ago.
    Billy Smyth was the owner of one of the public houses and Tommy Kennedy was owner of the other. There was great rivalry between them to see who would push the better trade. At last Smyth
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Mick Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Longford