School: Cros Chonaill (roll number 8288)
- Location:
- Crossconnell, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Raghnall Ó Dochartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1121, Page 331
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- Randal J. Dohery 4 April 1938.
[Transcriber's note - the original formatting of this section has questions on the left side of the page and answers on the right - I was unable to replicate that in this space]
The Shirt industry of this parish.
Q What are most of the people engaged in?
A Shirt making
Q Where are most of the shirts made now?
A In the factories
Q Was this so 60 years ago?
A No.
Q Where were the shirts made then?
A In the country houses.
Q From where were the cloth obtained?
A From Derry
Q How?
A Sometimes the men would go up to Derry with a cart and horse and take the cloth home for making shirts. Some people used to walk to Derry for the cloth for making shirts.
Q Where was the material brought to?
A To this parish
Q How were the shirts made then?
A By the hand.
Q What two kinds of machines were used next?
A Hand and foot machines.
Q How many were in each house?
A Some houses had two and others three(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Randal J. Doherty
- Gender
- Male
