School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 542
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- There were two mills in operation in Laught in the east of Ballina in the yr 1874. They were two flax-mills and were owned by a man named Dunbar. The two mills were worked by water, and gave a lot of employment to a great number of people. Mr. Dunbar ploughed his land with ploughs drawn by bullocks. He also transported his turf with them. In my father's younger days he saw a man named Joe Corcoran riding a three-year-old bullock.
On the eastern side of the Brosnai River there were three mills. One mill was owned by a man named Farrells and the others by Brogan and Devaney. Farrells mill was a cloth mill. Brogan's was a flannel mill and Devaney's was a corn mill. The Brosnai river got its name from brosnach or brushwood (which) was brought down from the mountains where it has its source.
- Collector
- Vincent Ginty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardnaree or Shanaghy, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Kilgallon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardnaree or Shanaghy, Co. Mayo
