School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)
- Location:
- Teerelton, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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- At the present day there are but few tailors in this locality as ready-made clothes can be procured cheaper than those made by the tailors, but in ancient times there were many tailors in this locality. Long ago tailors with their apprentices travelled about from house to house making clothes. They often remained for over a week in houses where there was a large family making clothes for them but this custom has completely died away. They made men's clothes and boy's clothes from frieze which was manufactured from wool which as spun into thread and woven into cloth by the weaver. At(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baulbrack, Co. Cork
- Informant
- James Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Baulbrack, Co. Cork