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School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)

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Collooney, Co. Sligo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 098

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  2. Brick-Making

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    The greatest industry that used to be carried on in this district was brick-making. The bricks are made out of clay called daub. The remains of the brick-yard are still to be seen in Tullaghan and the kilns where the bricks was made are still there. There are great rumours that this industry will start again as some company took a sample of the daub recently. They used to mix the daub until it was like a cake. Then they got a mould and shaped the daub with it. After that they burned the daub in the kilns and when it was taken out of the kilns it was quite hard.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phyllis Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Terence Burke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo