School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)
- Location:
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Ciardha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0300, Page 393
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- (continued from previous page)Skibbereen, and Dunmanway who sell suit lengths, and Cloth for making coats and skirts for ladies.
There is one of the tailors living in Bredagh a townland, south of Drimoleague and he has a helper named Carrol. There is another tailor in Drominidy. In the village of Drimoleague there is a tailor named James Grace He is a Ladies' and Gents' tailor.
In former times every farmer kept nine or ten sheep. Some of them kept one or two black sheep. They made a cloth out of the mixture called grey frieze.
The following is a list of the implements used by the tailor:- Thimble, needle, an iron, a sewing machine, a ruler, a tape thread, scissoers and Chalk.
Nearly all the tailors(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sean O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
