School: Leithead (roll number 5480)
- Location:
- Lehid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0463, Page 055
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- They had a seine in Ardea. They had two boats the seine boat and the "whaller." The "whaller" was the boat that used to hold the net while the seine boat would surround the fish. They used to fish herring a night that there would be dark moon there. They had four places to catch herrings. One near Buacaill, one near Calcorss, one near Ormond's Island. They were old sand beds. There were sixteen men at the seine. Five from Ardea. Six from Lehud and five from Drombohily. Their names were, from Lehud Phill Casey, Jim and John Sullivan R, Dan Colrish, Jer Hartnett, Con Sullivan. FromDrombohily George Harrington, Mike Sullivan, B. John Healy, PAddy Shea, and Paddy Harrington. FromArdea, Pat Sweney, Mike Healy, Patrick Galvin Flor McCarthy, and Dan Healy. Long ago there was a seine in Calross and Tady Jack Tom who lived in Ardea worked in it. There was a seine master(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Galvin
- Gender
- Male
