School: Cill a' Lachtáin
- Location:
- Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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- (continued from previous page)this district. There were no other kind of footwear worn besides, clogs, boots, shoes, and sandals. There are no proverbs used.
- About seventy years ago children would not get any shoes to wear until they would be about sixteen years of age. Some travelling people never wore boots. My father knew a man by the name of Martin Purcell who never wore any. The children nowadays go barefooted during the summer but during the winter they all wear boots as soon as they are able to walk. Bootmakers are scarce in the locality. There are only two left in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Fahey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lurgan Great, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Fahey
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Lurgan Great, Co. Galway