School: Maghcromtha (B.)
- Location:
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Deasmhumhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0342, Page 280
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- Milling.
There were 3 mills, 2 still working on a small scale. Oatmeal and wheaten flour are ground.
Oats are also "crushed".
The Macroom oatmeal has a great reputation in district, and as far as E. Kerry & N. Cork. Steps were recently taken to organise the industry on a large scale, & make it better known, but unfortunately, the movement led to nothing.
It is a seasonable occupation, a number of hands being employed occasionally in "drying" at the kilns, but they are necessarily idle for long periods.
- Informant
- James Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Masseytown, Co. Cork
