School: Tulach Ruacháin
- Location:
- Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mary Agnes Smyth
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- (continued from previous page)erected there where the women used to sell their flannels, yarn and frieze all of their own making.
Of course spinning was the chief industry at that time.
They used to have jumping competitions, stone throwing and all that something like the present day games.
There were nineteen "shebeen" there too. They used to make poteen themselves and on that day the men used to take an extra drop.
The pattern usually ended with fighting so owing to that it was abolished.
Later an act was passed against poteen making. That also ended the public houses in Tulrahan.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Katie Caulfield
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs David Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo