School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)
- Location:
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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Clothes.
There is not any tailor living in our district at present.They are a few miles away from us. The nearest tailor to us is Tailor Halloran.He is living in Coore in the parish of Mullagh.There is another one in Miltown in Ennis and in Ennistymon.All these charge over a £1 to make a man's suit.
Tailors were very plentiful long ago .Where a person used want to make a suit of clothes he used invite the tailor to his house and he used make it there.If some tailors had not houses the people used give them a bed for the night .Then the would be well pleased and would make the suit well.The tailors that time used only charge ten shillings and less.
There was a tailor living in Slieveloughan once.His name was tailor Walle but he is dead now with nine(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Reidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenletternafinny, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Reidy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Glenletternafinny, Co. Clare