School: Gráig na Muilte Iarainn
- Location:
- Woodford, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Tomás T. Ó Muirgheasa
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- (continued from previous page)They used to tan in this way. First they would dig the whole and then lay in the hole with the bark of oak trees. Then, when this was done they would lay a row of cow skis on top of the bark. This they would do until the hole which was about two and a half feet high, was filled with skin and bark.They would then leave it there for about three weeks. At the end of this time the skin will be made into brown leather. The wood of the oak trees used by the people who were tanning the leather, was most likely sold to the iron ore smelters to smelt the iron ores. There was a weaver who lived on top of Bark hill, where our school is nw built. He used to maake the cloth for the people in Woodford, who bought it from him.There was also a weaver about three miles from here in a place called Loughatorick. His name was Allen, but he is not there now. Henry Mc Mahon Woodford got from Ms Mc Mahon.
- Collector
- Henry Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Woodford, Co. Galway
- Informant
- M. Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Male
