School: Gort Leitreach (roll number 15960)

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1. Fishing (continued)

   

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   this are attached hundreds of shorter lines carrying hooks and baits. This long line is then put in position around a lough and sometimes the fisher is rewarded with an enormous catch of eel. Often professional fishers come from distant places to fish the small loughs with which Leitrim abounds.
   Bream fishing, or cardey fishing, is the most important perhaps of all the types of fishing pursued. The bream or cardey is a large flat fish sometimes weighing as much as seven or eight pounds; the smaller ones, known as shades, weigh about half a pound. The season rums from late in May till late Autumn and enormous catches are sometimes made with a single rod. The fishing is generally done from the bank with a

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. catching animals
            1. fishing (~216)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   J. Mc Kenna

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fearnaght, Co. Leitrim