School: Tír na nEascrach
- Location:
- Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0211
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“At a place called the Meenen a company Messrs Markanson and King employed a good many men to dig a canal from the Shannon to the bog.”
At a place called the Meenen a company Messrs Markanson and King employed a good many men to dig a canal from the Shannon to the bog. They set up machinery for making turf. Mould and turf were thrown into a machine mixed and pressed. The turf came out of the machine like the big bars of soap women used buy. A man with a small hatchet cut the bars of turf into certain lengths as it came from the machine. These he placed on a board. Another man carried the board when filled to women who footted the turf - when dry the turf was placed in a(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John E. Bohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tiranascragh, Co. Galway