School: Kinnitty
- Location:
- Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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- Mr. Andrew Grimes, Knockbarron, in the district of Kinnitty, in Co. Offaly also has a spinning wheel. His mother and his grand-mother used to spin on it. They both are dead now. Mrs. Andrew Grimes used to spin on it. It is a long time ago since she spun, she is also dead. She died on April 5th 1937. The spinning wheel is a very old one now. It has all it's parts yet.
- 2. Joseph Coughlan, townland of Knockbarron, parish of Kinnitty, Co. Offaly, is a great thatcher. He thatches very neat and even. His father John Coughlan taught him how to thatch when he was about eighteen years of age.
- Collector
- Treasa Carry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Michael Carry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbarron, Co. Offaly
- Tom Rigney, Ballincur, parish of Kinnitty, Co. Offaly, is a good thatcher. He thatches very straight and even. He thatched Patrick Bergin's house, Glendine, parish of Kinnitty, Co. Offaly.
