School: Druim an t-Seagail (roll number 1772)
- Location:
- Droim an tSeagail, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teachers: Máire Ní Eimhirín Seosamh P. Ó hUigín Áine Ní Uigín
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- Candle making - In [?] a man named Denis Kenny used to make candles out of tallow and rushes. He is now dead.
Collected by Freda Dooley (12 yrs) Ryehill from her mother Mrs. M. Dooley (41) Ryehill.Cloth: In Cararea a man named Pat Griffen used to make cloth. The women of the district used to spin thread for him, which he made into cloth.
Collected by Delia Connane (13 yrs) Currafaireen from John Connane (88 yrs) Currafaireen Ballyglunin.Basket-making: A man named John McHUgh from Clooncurreen aged about 72 yrs still makes baskets out of sally rods.
Collected by Michael Killarney (13 yrs) Killaelogher
From Mrs. Maggie Killarney (38 yrs) Killaelogher, Monwea.- Collector
- Michael Killarney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Coill an Chlochair, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Mrs Maggie Killarney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Coill an Chlochair, Co. na Gaillimhe