School: Ballyhaise (2)
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 195
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- There were more crafts and industries carried on around Ballyhaise some years ago than at present.
There were carpenters' shops. Three brothers called Moorhead, made great carts and wheels and other things.
There were also two shoe-makers. There is neither shoe-maker nor carpenter now.
Nails were made by a man who lived in a forge where the Guards' Station is now.
There was also a tan-yard in the barrack grounds.
Churns and wooden vessels were made by a cooper.
Half a mile outside the village at a place called the "Sally Garden", lived blind Bob about fifty years ago.
Blind Bob earned his living by making baskets. When he had a supply made he carried them on his head shoulders and arms and sold them in Cavan. There is no trace left of his house.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Seaman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossreagh, Co. Cavan
