1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Gleann an Dúin - Prison

School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 10_015

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 10_015

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: Gleann an Dúin - Prison
  2. XML Page 10_015
  3. XML “A Lime-Kiln”

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. A Lime-Kiln

    Share Share Post
    My grandfather Michael Kennedy Rushhill in the Parish of Balla has a limekiln on his own land it is seven feet deep and four feet wide all round.
    He used to burn twenty barrels of lime at a time.
    First of all he would put in some turf and fill it up with stones. He had to renew the fire every two hours and on that account the people of the house had to stay up for a week while the lime was
    (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
    Bridgie Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Rush Hill, Co. Mayo