School: Cuilleán
- Location:
- Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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- (continued from previous page)twelve years ago. There is no one belonging to him living in Ballynagran now.He was famed for the making of popguns and bows and arrows. Some people used to buy the bows and arrows from him for killing wild ducks and other wild birds. Boys made cradle birds out of elder sticks to catch birds. On a Sunday evening all the boys of the neighbourhood used to gather together and start pitching buttons.
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- Collector
- Patrick Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crumlin, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crumlin, Co. Mayo