School: Faithche (B.) (roll number 11405)
- Location:
- Faha West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0458, Page 083
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- About 200 years ago a man named Leahy built a small mill driven by water, cut off by a sluice from the River Greestin [?] and he ground corn in the mill for the people of the parish. It was closed down for years and then restarted for the making of paper well over 100 years ago. An old man named Sullivan of the district, whose father worked there told me his father worked there, making bricks. He said that there was a tax imposed on the paper and after trying to carry on, smuggling paper here and there for some time - paper making was finally abandoned.
Sealy then bought the old mill and started carding and spinning wool there. His son about 1860 installed machinery, and woollens of all kinds were manufactured(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Muircheartaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
