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School: Cill Barúin (roll number 10595)

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Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séan C. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 144

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    Years ago where Mr. Frank Graham now has a bicycle shop soap was made. The owner of this industry is forgotten.
    Years ago where Mr Gillespie [?] of the market yard lives, ropes were made by an ancestor of his. It is not known how many years have passed since this old industry closed down.
    There are the walls to be seen of a very large cotton factory on the Knather road. This factory was never completed as the government feared that the dye from the cotton would poison the salmon (fishing) and spoil the salmon fishing
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Anderson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Robert Anderson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal