School: Kinnitty

Location:
Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 283

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 283

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  3. XML “Old Crafts - Thatchers”
  4. XML “Old Crafts - Churn Making”
  5. XML “Old Crafts - Skib Making”

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  1. John Graham is a very good thatcher. His father had this trade and he learned it from him. He lives in Kinnity, Birr, Co Offaly. His father was also able to make bodies for big clocks, but John Graham does not make them. He can make window-frames, faces for clocks, and picture frames. I seen a face of a clock he made.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Treasa Carry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    William Carry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
  3. Thomas Hennessy, Kinnitty, Birr, Co. Offaly, used to make skibs. His father Mathew Hennessy, Kinnitty, Birr, Co. Offaly, also had that trade. He is dead now and Thomas Hennessy is an old man now. I am learning it from him.
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