1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór

School: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór (roll number 9871)

Location:
Caherbarnagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Dhuinnín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0324, Page 237

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0324, Page 237

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: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór
  2. XML Page 237
  3. XML “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. Lime-Kilns (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Then the fire is put in to the kiln at the bottom and as it is burning the kiln is getting empety and if they have more than one kiln of lime they would put more in at the top. A lime kiln is about twenty feet deep and about ten feet wide in top.
    Long ago old people used to say that spirits were seen around the kilns and that it was lonesome to be passing them at night.
    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
    Sean Long
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknaloman, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Nora O Sullivan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    64
    Address
    Caherbarnagh, Co. Cork