School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)
- Location:
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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- The stocks and fellows [redacted] are made of elm and the spokes are made of oak. Six fellows [redacted] and twelve spokes are needed to make each wheel. The spokes are mortised into the stocks and into the fellows [redacted] also. They are then taken to the forge and there a band of iron is placed outside which is called binding. There are two small bands placed on the stocks.
- Collector
- Mary O' Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chlais Bheag, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Philip Leahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Baile Shéamais, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- There were several wheel makers in this Parish who were fairly good, but Dan Breen was an exceptionally good wheel-maker. It is said that wheels made by him were only bound once, and that the bands would never loosen again. His secret was that he never used timber unless it was properly seasoned.
