School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)
- Location:
- Dring, Co. Longford
- Teacher: James Drum
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- Owen MacGuire of Sonnagh used to make boots. He used to go about from house to house making boots. He is not alive now.
Thomas Fleming used to make rush candles. He used to live in a little house built with sods in a bog. he used to peel all the rushes to one little strip of green covering. He used to dip them in some sort of grease, and tie them in little bundles, each containing about a dozen rushes. He used to give those candles round to his neighbours.
James Mallon, of Gelsha, makes gates, ploughs and fire-cranes.
John Kelly, of Aughakilmore, used to thatch for all his neighbours.
Michael Toole used to tan leather. He lived at Gaigue.
There was a man named McConachie who used to make both barrels and churns, and people used to come long distances to buy them. He used to make spinning wheels also.
Barney Caulfield used to burn lime. He(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patricia O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghakilmore, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Peter O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghakilmore, Co. Longford