School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 052
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- James Salmon, of Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan, was a great nail - maker. He could also make gates, and ploughs.
- Hugh Reilly, Gorteen, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, was famed as a candle maker. He used to make them from tallow, resin, and rushes. He could make very good ones.
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“About thirty years ago there lived a man named Michael Meegan of Drummond.”
About thirty years ago there lived a man named Michael Meegan of Drummond, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan. He was known as a famous old thatcher. He used to thatch for all neighbours arond. The work he would do, would last for many years afterwards.