1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Gleann an Dúin - Prison

School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 03_079

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 03_079

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison
  2. XML Page 03_079
  3. XML “A Shoemaker”

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

  1. A Shoemaker

    Share Share Post
    About one hundred years ago there lived a shoe-maker whose name was Owney Cosgrave. He lived some place on our farm but my grand-father doesn't know the spot where he lived.
    He used to make shoes for all the people around the place. He did not charge much and on that account he got a lot of work to do. He lived with his
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie M. Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo