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School: Convent of Mercy, Clogheen

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Clogheen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr. M. Emmanuel Hearn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0574, Page 031

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  1. Our Lime Kiln

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    Our Lime-Kiln
    Some time ago it was the custom to burn lime for the land and almost every farmer had a kiln for his own use. One of our fields is called the Kiln field because in it is and old lime kiln called Mahoney's Kiln because Mahonye lived there formerly.
    They used to have the kiln red from the first of October to the first of February. They usually employed three men at the work, one man quarrying the stones another drawing stones to the kiln and a third breaking the stones, filling the kiln and drawing the lime. It used to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. lime-burning (~280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynomasna, Co. Tipperary