School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 038
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- (continued from previous page)take two men to weave five square yards in a day at five pence per yard.
It takes them a whole day before they can start weaving, putting the threads all in their places.
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- Collector
- Patrick Mulvey
- Gender
- Male