School: Carn an Ríogh (roll number 11619)
- Location:
- Carrownree, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Énrí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0480
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- (continued from previous page)and other articles made of iron.
He had a special kind of fire to heat the iron. At first he put down a fire of turf. When it was all clear coals he took them and buried them until they were needed. They were then relighted for a fire.
A man named Tansy who lived in the district was a weaver. The thread he used was made from flax. He had an instrument called a loom with which he made the thread into cloth. This cloth was brought to the bleach- mill kept by a man named Gilbert down in Thornhill to be bleached white.
A man named Quinn who lived in Ardnaglass had a brick-yard and made bricks for building. The bricks were made of daub dug up out pf the earth. They were shaped and left out to dry.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Soupail
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonamanagh, Co. Sligo
