School: Creewood (roll number 5331)
- Location:
- Creewood, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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- (continued from previous page)by Joe Maguire of the Sally Garden. The boots were made by Michael Halligan of Creewood. He was the only one of the family who had this trade. There are no shoemakers in the district at the present day.
Most people wore clogs in former days. No people wear them now. There was no leather made in this district.
At present the old people in the district call boots by their Irish name "brógs."(continues on next page)- Collector
- Vera Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creewood, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Lizzie Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creewood, Co. Meath