Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - McDonnell ya kafa masana'antar wasan yara a Cushendall a 1900, yana ba da aiki ga mutanen gari da haɓaka ƙwarewar aikin katako. Wasanni sun zama sananne, kuma an sayar da su a Ireland da Ingila da Amurka bayan an nuna su a 1904 a St Louis World's Fair
Ka yi haƙuri. Masu sana'a ne daga Cushendall suka yi kayan kwalliyar gida don Gidan Tarihi na Ireland. Masana'antar ta rufe a shekarar 1914 a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I saboda rashin wadataccen aiki. A wannan lokacin McDonnell ta taimaka wajen kula da sojoji da suka ji rauni daga yakin, a lokacin da take cikin shekarun ta 70.