School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan
- Location:
- Rathangan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Sr. M. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 010
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- Flour Mill at Rathangan
Approximately fifty years ago, Rathangan was very remarkable for its flour mills, which were the biggest and most important in the country.
The wheat was grown in large quantities by the farmers, and when the reaping time approached there was employment given to great number of men; and as they now go over to Scotland from the West of Ireland, they came up to Rathangan in the Harvest time. After being threshed, the wheat was sent into the mills to be ground into flour.
There were two mills situated at Annsboro and one at Sally Mills. One of the Annsboro mills was owned by Mr Farrell and the other by Mr. Walter Tyrell: while the third was owned by Mr. Hanks, who is a great-grandfather to the Hanks who are now attending school.
These mills sent supplies of flour to Mountmellick, Daingean, and Carbury.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary K. Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Mullantine, Co. Kildare
