School: Tír na nEascrach
- Location:
- Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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“At a place called the Meenen a company Messrs Markanson and King employed a good many men to dig a canal from the Shannon to the bog.”
(continued from previous page)boat which the men shoved down the canal to the Shannon where it was filled into a steamer and brought to Limerick. The men were paid 4d a day and this was a great benefit to the locality.- 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.
- Informant
- John E. Bohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tiranascragh, Co. Galway