School: Béal Átha Conaill (C.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mary Mulligan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 092
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Béal Átha Conaill (C.)
- XML Page 092
- XML “Old Trades”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Page 92
Old Trades
There is a great basket-maker in Snugboro named Mr Carberry who learned it from his father and now he earns his living by making them.
There is a man in Ballyheady who earns his living by burning lime. He learned his trade from his father.
There is a womani n Ballyheady, who had a spinning wheel. She used to make a living by it.
There is a man in Snugboro, who makes creels, and baskets, the trade was handed down from his father.
- Informant
- Mrs Finley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Snugborough, Co. Cavan
