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School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)

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Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 347

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 347

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

    “The beggars of to-day are not as are not as plentiful as they were in the days of old...”

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    huts, generally situated at the backs of ditches. The names of some of them were James Ward, Tom Sheridan and Braced Beesy her right name is not known but she was called Braced Beesy because her face was all pock-marked. They used to beg for meal, flour, potatoes, soda, bread, milk and sometimes eggs. They used to have little tin cans for the milk and bags for all the other things. Supplied by James Wynn, Killadiskert, 50years
    Written by Tessie McLoughlin, Killadiskert.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Fire Clay Works at Lough Allen

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    Three miles from Kilmore, over sixty years ago bricks, chimney pipes, flower pots and all sorts of pottery were made from fire-clay at the jetty, Spencer Harbour. The people who worked it had a large shop and a public house. Boat used to come to the jetty from Dublin with porter and whiskey, and from Limerick with flour. Before this the flour was home made and the workers of the jetty were the first to bring flour to Leitrim. Those boats used to bring back the bricks in exchange for the flour and whiskey. The bricks were burned in a large round kiln. Every brick was stamped with Lough Allen.
    Supplied by B McLoughlin, Killadiskert, 50years
    Written by Tessie McLoughlin, Killadiskert.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    B. Mc Loughlin
    Age
    50
    Address
    Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim