School: Lios na mBroc (roll number 11453)

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Lisnamrock, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cinnéide
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  1. The Famine Period.
    That part of the barony of Slievardagh which stretches from Mardyke on the West to The Commons in the East and which embraces the townlands of Tullaquain, Lickfin, Knockanure, Glengoole South, Earlshill, Ballyphilip Kelliheen, Springfield Ballinastick, Curraheenduff, Knockalonga, Lisnamrock, Gurteen Upper, Coalbrook, Clashduff, Bouleakeale, The Commons, Kyle and Williamstown, suffered less from the failure of the potato crop than many districts in Ireland, owing to the existence of large deposits of anthracite in the area, which were at that period being mined extensively.
    In 1824 the mining rights were acquired by the Mining Company of Ireland and by 1846 four hundred men were employed in the area mining coal. At least two hundred others found employment carting the coal and culm to Callan, Tipperary Cashel & Thurles and to the various lime kilns which were then very numerous in the county.
    As the company found a market for its products during the period, they were able
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