School: Scoil na mBráthar, Dúrlas Éile
- Location:
- Thurles, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Br. T. S. Ó Maoilchiaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 081
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“Mr Hayes who lived in Friar St. Thurles was...”
Mr Hayes who lived in Friar St Thurles was a tanniar. He brought the skins from the butchers and farmers around the district and sold the leather all over Ireland and England. He employed about fifty men and paid them at the rate of fifteen shillings weekly. The factory was started at the beginning of the eighteenth century and existed till eighteen ninty three. Then the owner died and his brother worked the factory for some years but work ceased after about ten years. h eleather was generally sold to harness makers as it was very suitable for harness. John Fahy and Steven Peters were two of the men who worked with him in the tan-yard in Friar St. They both lived at Molly Gormans Cross. It was the biggest industry in the town at the time.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Sheehy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Erry, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Jack Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- The Mall, Co. Tipperary