School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Cluain Caoin, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 304
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In certain places long ago, there were people living in the country who made boots or shoes.
There was a man named James Doran who stopped in the hotel in Foulksmills about forty years ago. He spent his time in repairing boots.
He also made light shoes or sandals for women with skins of animals which were killed on the farm. The soles were made with three pieces of skin stitched together, which made them strong. There were two men in the little Cullenstown, one of the used to make clogs out of wood with skin inside with hair inside. The other used to(continues on next page)
