School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Tailors are people who make different sorts of clothes for the people.
There is only one tailor in this district whose name is Mr Towsend, who resides in Dunamaggin
This tailor works at home, in a small shop of his own.
This tailor stocks the cloth. No cloth is spun or woven nowadays in this district
The tailors nowadays use sewing machines when making clothes.
Socks and stockings are knitted by Mrs Walsh(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Other names
- Máire de Paor
- Mary Power
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
