School: Grangeford, Tullow
- Location:
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Leanne Doyle
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- William Shannon. Grangeford. Parish of Rathoe was the greatest thatcher in this district. He used to thatch for two shillings and sixpence per day and his diet. The thatch he put on lasted from twenty to twenty-five years. The tools he used were a Truster and he firmed the thatch with Scallops and on the new portion he would throw water, and then rake it with a thatcher's rake.
- In Grange a place now occupied by John Gaynor, there was a family of Nolans known as the basket makers. They made strong baskets for potatoes and apples from strong sallies and hazel swithes, They made finer baskets from thinner sallies and plaited bands of rye-straw for clothes or needle-work baskets. They kept a jennet and had a long kind of dray-car on which they brought a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Katie Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Philip Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardnehue, Co. Carlow
