School: Cill Dá Lua (B.)
- Location:
- Killaloe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Loingsigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 030
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- (continued from previous page)weaver". The trade seems to have been confined to this family.
A family named Hannan (John) living in Finlea were small farmers living on a poor barren farm. They reared a number of sheep on a hillside and the women made clothes both for themselves and their men-fold. They sheared the sheep, washed the wool, carded it, dyed it and finally produced the finished cloth. The clothes were then made, caps, coats, trousers, etc. The clothes were dark in colour and were remarkable for thier hard-wearing qualities.
- Collector
- Michael J. Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Informant
- Michael Lynch
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 91
- Address
- Killaloe, Co. Clare
