School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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- (continued from previous page)Those sugans were used for putting seats on kitchen chairs which are now fast disappearing from country homes and being replaced by uncomfortable boarded chairs.
Those rush chairs were much superior to either boarded or coir rope chairs for in addition of being more comfortable the seat of the persons trousers or who sat on them lasted longer - Early in 1920 the Irish resistance to British rule was at its height. The Irish Republican army had taken over control of practically the whole civil administration. They held their own courts(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Woulfe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonbony, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare