School: Piltown (B.) (roll number 6189)
- Location:
- Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Maolchaoin
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- The piece of linen was got from a woman whose name was Bridget Walsh about eighty years ago. The material was made in Luke's well Mullinavat. The flax was grown on a large scale in the vicinity of Mullinavat and Mooncoin at that time.
Method of making the linen at that time:-
Furzes were boiled and the clothes washed in the water. Old weavers namely-:James Walsh = Raheen.
Thomas Finlay = Aglish.
R. Walsh = Clogga.
W. Knox = Ballymount.All these men were engaged in this work between eighty and a hundred years ago.- Collector
- Cecil Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Larrissy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Pensioner
- Address
- Piltown, Co. Kilkenny