School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)
- Location:
- Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 063
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- Along time ago there lived a man in Roscore by the name of John Dunne. He used to burn lime. His son is burning lime still in the same place. he gets the stones in his own fields and he burns them with coke. Roscore is about seven miles west of Tullamore.
- Collector
- Frances Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lugamarla, Co. Offaly
- There is a man names William Cumbertan. He makes baskets. He lives in Mount Bolus. He makes two sorts of baskets, one for gathering potatoes and the other one is a square one and a larger one.
- Collector
- Joseph Butler
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountbolus, Co. Offaly
- There is a man by the name of William Houlihan who was a weaver and a tailor by trade. He lived in the townland of Ballincanty in the parish of Killoughy. The first suit my Grandfather got he made it. This would be(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Cash
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killoughy, Co. Offaly
