School: Lisdoonan
- Location:
- Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac an Éanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 331
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- Long ago churn making, barrel making, spinning coopering and a lot of other trades wery very common in our own district. There are few of them carried on now-a-days except forge works. Long ago gates ploughs, and fire cranes were made in forges. A man named Mc Cloon still makes gates and ploughs but most people buy their gates in the neighbouring town. Mac Cloon still makes a lot of money selling gates. They are made in factories usually now-a-days. Spinning and weaving were carried on in this district in days gone by but there are not many spinning wheels in use now-a-days. Tanning was also carried on in this district but not now. There was a field in our district called the tan yard and there was a tannery there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Finegan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Burns
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 100
- Address
- Lisnagunnion, Co. Monaghan
