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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 155

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    The boys were also provided later with heavy boots and woolen socks.
    Shoemakers started here and there to provide footwear for men and women.
    The demand for boots became so great that often a man would be delayed a month before the boots were made for him.
    This class of heavy footwear continued for some time until a young man named O'Reilly Callaghan invented a light boot for girls called "Elastic sides". O'Reilly Callaghan went around the countryside and took orders (from) for those light boots, from the young
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Mulhern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr J. O' Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo