School: Scoil N. Comáin, Hollymount
- Location:
- Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 248
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- (continued from previous page)both protestants and were the smiths. They had a forge where Michael Joe Hughes has a garage now.
- All flour was ground by Levingstone, Maines and Blake.
- was sown in the potato ridges and dug in while digging the potatoes. It was harrowed with a donkey. The lumps were broken with a "fearchán" ( a mallet with a long handle used for breaking lumps).
- were very small from an acre to an acre and a half.
- a Cow, an ass and sometimes a pig was kept in each holding. The cow was stabled in the dwelling house.Ranches.
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- Collector
- Donnchadh Ó Riain
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Rahard, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Merrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
