School: Coolfancy, Tinahely
- Location:
- Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Conaill
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- There was a tannery long ago in Coolafancy on Mr. Rothwell's land but Mr. Rothwell's people did not live here then. These is a lane in Coolroe called the Cobbler's Lane. It is so called because a cobbler named Mr. Doyle lived there long ago. People used to call him Pat the Cobbler.
- Collector
- Alice St Leger
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolroe, Co. Wicklow
- An old traveller used to go about this district. His name was Stephen Lyons and no matter what kind of weather it was he would carry his boots under his arm.
- Three people in this district went in their bare feet all the year round. Their names were Mrs Hinch, Coolafancy, Mrs Maher and Mr Donald. They had boots which they wore on Sundays and when they went to town, they(continues on next page)
