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School: Tír na nEascrach

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Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0212

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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.”

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    boat which the men shoved down the canal to the Shannon where it was filled into a steamer and brought to Limerick. The men were paid 4d a day and this was a great benefit to the locality.
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    Before and after the Famine fish - mostly bream (brame) were much used. During the Summer - some corn was begged borrowed or stolen from the landlord's stableboy. This corn was mixed with blue daub and thrown in what was called a bream hole. This hole was feed in this way for a few days. Then on Sunday (they had to work
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John E. Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tiranascragh, Co. Galway