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School: Meelick (roll number 14592)

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Meelick, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Gearóid Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 367

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    In olden times the people of this locality had various ways of making bread. The chief kinds of bread used were oaten meal bread, boxty bread, potato cake and Indian meal bread.
    Almost every farmer in this locality grew great quantities of oats. The oats were brought to a mill in the townland of Carrowbehy belonging to James MacNulty to be ground into oaten meal by means of a machine. There was another mill in the townland of Cloonmullin, where the local people brought their oats to be ground into oaten meal. This is how the townland got it's name "Clain Mullin" which means
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Richardson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Urrasaun, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Joseph Richardson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urrasaun, Co. Roscommon