School: Cill t-Síothláin, Cluain Meala (roll number 7607)

Location:
Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Aragáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0568, Page 183

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0568, Page 183

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  1. XML School: Cill t-Síothláin, Cluain Meala
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  3. XML “Local Industries - Salmon Fishing in the Suir at Kilsheelan”
  4. XML “Local Industries - The Slate Quarries”

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  2. The Slate quarries is the name of a place a few miles from Kilsheelan. The road leading to the place is beautifully wooded. It is easy to understand how the place got its name. There are huge mounds of roken slates to be seen yet. There is no doubt that large quantities of slates must have been dug out of the quarries. These quarries were closed about thirty years ago. The place was examined by Experts and it was
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