School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)
- Location:
- Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maolagáin
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- Spinning and weaving were carried on in this district but are not continued now. the man that carried on weaving in this district was named Kearns. When the people wanted flannel and blankets, the women spun the wool and brought it to him, then he turned it in to flannel. There were mills in this district called Golden's mills. When the people got the flannel from the weaver they brought it to these mills to get it washed and thickened. The loom was a very high article with sticks standing up and then crossed with more. When the weaver was weaving he used to work the sticks with his hands and with the weavers thread He was the only man I could find out that used to weave flannel(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Jane James
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Farranyharpy, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs. Haraghy
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female