School: Loch gCarman (Christian Bros.)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Br. Ó Héilighe
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- (continued from previous page)When night closed in, we all made to our homes, sorry that the day was passed so soon.
At one time the Village of Killinick or Clinick as the old people called it was a flourishing place with its trades-men of every class. The were as follows :- a carpenter, a black-smith, a cooper, a shoe-maker, a tailor a basket-maker and a faggot- cutter.
Each of those I menttioned earned good money. Then there was a dress-maker, or as the old people called them, mantle-makers or "Manty"-makers. A hat-maker or two made our hats, which kept good for a year or two, from home-grown straw. They would be "done up" then as we called it. We would take them to her (hatmaker) then and she(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patrick Kearns
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mary Power
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Wexford