School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)
- Location:
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Mac Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)carpets. They had a horse and cart for travelling on.Travelling Tailors
Pat Keegan and his son used to go about from house to house making clothes. They lived in a little house in the Turlough, near where Kitty Clarke's house is situated now.
The late Andy Carty went about rom house to house gathering bottles, and buying kids. He travelled by horse and cart.
Martin Higgins a saddler went about from house to house mending horses harness. He lodged in the houses.
The late Tailor Connor went about making mens' suits. He died a few years ago R.I.P. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Lily Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Carrowroe, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Brian Dolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Carrowroe, Co. Longford