School: Dún Ceann Fhaolaidh (roll number 15499)
- Location:
- Dunkineely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seaghan Mac Cuinneagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1038, Page 324
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Dún Ceann Fhaolaidh
- XML Page 324
- XML “Old Mills”
- XML “Spamount Brewery”
- XML “Bruckless Tannery”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Since the Famine days. He says the machinery was of a very primitive type and must have been made at least 150 years ago. The road past this old mill is still called the Mill Road.
- Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- This tannery was situated on the shore at Bruckless and was owned by Sam Cassidy J.P. It produced leather of first class quality and supplied the needs of all the local cobblers and shoemakers for half a century. Its production ceased about forty five years ago although the building(continues on next page)
