School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)

Location:
Banteer, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. 1798 (~642)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Knockbrack, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Julia C Deady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Banteer, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Patrick O Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Banteer, Co. Cork
  2. Information from Patrick O'Sullivan, Banteer, Co. Cork
    Age 76 years.
    Mrs Cotter's Father, Louis, Inchidaly, Banteer told Patsy Sullivan that 73 families once lived on Jeremiah Cronin's farm, Nightfield, Banteer and that the farm extended to mountain at that time (almost 100 yrs ago).
    Limestone quarries were worked in the neighbourhood at that time and employment was given to those people - What was also extensively grown there. There was a kiln near John Coleman's
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