1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile

School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile (roll number 13020)

Location:
Stradbally, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
An tSr. Ióseph
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0649, Page 69

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0649, Page 69

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile
  2. XML Page 69
  3. XML “Old Lime-Kilns”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Lime-Kilns (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The men working in the lime kilns used to cart it up to the kilns when the tide went out and burned the stone into lime. Then the farmers used draw it away for manure for the land as there was no artificial manure in those days. The lime kiln in Ballyvooney is much older than the two in Stradbally. In older times they used dance on top of Ballyvooney lime kiln. There was a song composed about it which ran thus:
    Will you come to Ballyvooney
    Will you come along with me
    The boys and girls they are dancing
    On the lime kilns near the sea
    2
    The boys and girls from
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. lime-burning (~280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Corbett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stradbally, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Patrick Corbett
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male