School: Lattoon
- Location:
- Lattoon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hiorraí
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- (continued from previous page)Therefore most of his time is devoted to repairs. In this country they were not very plentiful locally but in our nearest town Ballyjamesduff there were four shoe-makers working at the business forty years ago. The reason why shoemaking is not going on at the present time locally is because machinery has been (into) installed in several boot factories and the most modern equipment in use so that the factories are capable of turning out several dozen pairs in the day with the result that they can sell boots more cheaply than if made by the hand. Apart from all that the managers at those factories buy in several tons of leather at a time and all other materials so that is why out local shoemaker cannot compete with the up to date and modern(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Mc Gennis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coragh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr P. Mc Gennis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coragh, Co. Cavan
