School: Baile na gCloch (roll number 7006)
- Location:
- Baile Cloch, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Héaluighthe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 404
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- Con Duggan lived in Ballyclough. He had an anvil a hammer and he used to make nails out of wire He was an old man with a bit of a beard. He had a leather on his left thumb for holding the nails when he would be making them. He was a noted cardplayer Sometimes when he would be playing cards his wife would hold a looking glass behind the other people's back so that he could see his opponents cards to win the game. A great saying he had was "if I had the wit of Lord Byrne I would make nails without iron". The kind of nails he used to make were square one's. He used to sell a great amount of them for he was the only nailer around the place. He used to sell the nails to Mr Walsh for nailing the boots.
- Collector
- Abina Sheehan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Sheehan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Cloch, Co. Chorcaí
