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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 34

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  1. An Old Craft

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    About seventy years ago there lived a man in Treenagher named Patrick Carney who was a very good creel-maker. People from all parts of the country came to him for creels as there were not many who could make them.
    The people brought him the rods and he made them. He usually charged six shillings for every pair of creels.
    Then his son whose name was Thomas Carney learned this trade of creel-making, so the both made creels for some years. One time there was a prize of thirty pounds given for the best creel-maker of the locality and everybody knew that Patrick Carney would get the prize. This prize was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Nicholas
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Kilgallon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo