Scoil: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (uimhir rolla 16203)

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1. Spinning Flax (ar lean)

   

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   have no button but two tapes which were fastened to the shirt collar knotted in a bow which looked very neat.

   

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2. Quilting

   

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   Mrs Leahy was a great hand at "Quilting". A large wooden frame the size of the quilt would be set up and the quilting done on it. It would then be sent to Tommy Weavers (who lived in Moore Street) to be pressed. All those articles would last a lifetime.

   

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3. Flour Mills

   

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   Níl tú logáilte isteach, ach tá fáilte romhat tras-scríobh a dhéanamh go hanaithnid. Sa chás seo, déanfar do sheoladh IP a stóráil ar mhaithe le rialú cáilíochta.

   About twenty years ago in the centre of Rathdowney there was was a flourishing Flour Mill, owned by Mr Atkinson who resided where the Convent is at present. To this Mill the people of all the surrounding districts brought their wheat to be ground. There was another Flour Mill in Coolkerry (owned my a Mr Turney) of which the ruins are still to be seen at the back of the Golf Links. This showed that milling was a very prosperous industry here, About fifty years ago there was a Flour Mill in Eglish owned by a man named Mr Pratt. At one time this mill was of great

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