School: Mostrim (B.) (roll number 2083)
- Location:
- Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Richard Hyland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 329
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- To the east of Edgeworthstown there is a town-land named Kilsalla. Boat making was carried on to a great extent there by an old family named Kearneys.
They made shoes, boots and leggings. It was by the hand they made them all.
They put them into creels and brought them into markets, fairs and patterns to sell.
- One of our local Poets name is William Donnelly. He lives about two miles from this town. Nearly every week there is a poem of his in the "Longford Leader" which is our local paper.
His poetry is composed mostly about coming feasts, putterns, wakes,
