School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

Location:
Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0264

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0264

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  1. Loughatorick lake is about three miles from here it is about one hundred yards in from the public road.
    There is an old lake dwelling in it that a man used to live in to hide from his enemy.
    They used to draw stones from the mainland in their little canoes and throw them into the middle of the lake until they raised the stones up to the top of the water and then they made their little house of wood on top of the stones.
    The way they used to go in to the house was in canoes or to swim or to make a path of stones zig zag so that their enemy could not go in
    There are three of four lake swellings in Ballinlough.
    There are three kinds of crannoges those built on natural islands in lakes those built on artificial islands those built on platforms which are supported on
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughatorick North, Co. Galway