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School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

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Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
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Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 137

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  1. Hedge-Schools (continued)

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  2. Old Crafts

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    Coopering
    Dick Doyle, Carrickmourn is a great cooper. He used turn the band of a tub round his body in the shape of an eight and then revit it on the anvil. Then he would hammer it and make it the shape of the tub. He then gets the hammer and chisel and drive it down on the tub. He would do the same with the other bands to complete his task. He is still alive and has his trade.
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    James Lee, Cappa, Inistioge, made many wheels and carts for the farmers in the parish of Inistioge and
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