School: Coillín Aodha (B.)
- Location:
- Culleens, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0164, Page 148
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- (continued from previous page)Old Crafts (cont)After some time Corcoran forsook weaving for cooperage. He was an excellent cooper and travelled from house to house making for the people the following household utensils - tubs, chairs, keelers, water cans and piggins. He carried his tools in a rod creel. He manufactured the articles from fir found in the local bog. Hoops were not then available but in their stead he used sally rods. Rods for keelers were given two years growth and those for chairs and tubs were allowed to grow for three years. Corcoran was also an expert basket maker and specialised in what was locally known as "The White Basket" For them he boiled the rods and then peeled off the skin. Up to the present day rod-baskets and creels are still made locally.Wooden Ploughs. In 1864 Tim Hale who resided in Cooga, Easkey was the best known figure in the Wooden Plough trade. During 1864 and subsequent years he is reported to have made hundreds of ploughs. When only a lad of 10 years James Gordon states he saw as many as 20 wooden ploughs in Hale's street. These ploughs are not now in use as their place has been taken by the iron plough. All the local carpenters of the time were experts in the making of wooden ploughs.
- Informant
- James gordon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Occupation
- Shopkeeper
- Address
- Ballyogan, Co. Sligo
