School: Scoil N. Comáin, Hollymount
- Location:
- Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Riain
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- XML “Clothes”
- XML “The Tailor”
- XML “Shoes”
- XML “Shirts”
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- (continued from previous page)Frieze was used for men's coats. Wool was carded at home and woven into frize in Carrakeel by the weaver Richard Conry. (This was Riocard uabpaidreacha wo used to teach Catechism of Sunday's in the church.
- The Tailor came around from house to house He came after the cutter. The cutter was Séamus Ó Confhaola. He was called Fear an T-rioruna. The tailor sat on a door left flat on the ground. Three tailors made a suit in one day. They charged 4/- for making a suit. The master-tailor cut and the journey-men sewed. He took all the remnants with him.
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- Collector
- Donnchadh Ó Riain
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Rahard, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Merrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Flax was grown in the locality (1870). and spun into linen. "Tuairne eiteáin" was the name given to the flax wheel The woollen wheel would not spin flax The shirts were all hand made by the women(continues on next page)