School: Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13563)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Giolla Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1053, Page 233
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- There are six tailors in the parish. Two of them live in the village of Glenties, Two in the Glen and two in Fintown. They work in their own homes. They do not sell ready-made clothes. They sell only the suits and coats they themselves make. The cloth they make up is got in factories. Homespun is not worn here.
The tailors use a saw machine, a needle and thread, a pair of scissors and a tape for measuring. He also uses a heavy iron for pressing the clothes.
The hosiery industry is very important in this locality as it gives employment to a large number of girls both in the town and in the country. There are about a hundred and fifty workers employed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Winnie Boyce
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr John Boyce
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mulnamin Beg, Co. Donegal
