School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)

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1. The Old Mills of Duleek (continued)

   

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   It was a food mill, and did a roaring trade. They used to grind white poplar trees and make flour of them. They used to sell the fire seeds at one penny per bushel.

   When it was broken down a man named Hanly a contractor came out from Drogheda, and bought all the things that were in it. It was not steam it was worked by but by water from a little river called the Mill rise which is still there. The poor people of Duleek missed the mill when they stopped because they were getting work and fire seeds. All the men that worked at Behan's mill were only getting 9 shillings a week.

   

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2. The Old Mills of Duleek

   

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   There is an old mill to be seen in Duleek. It was owned by people by the name of Behan. The mill was worked by a big wheel in the Mill race. There was a waterfall beside this wheel, and the weight of the water falling on the wheel would make it go round. This wheel would then set all the machinery inside working. Flour, and wheaten meal used to be made in the mill.
   of the mill. It stopped working about a hundred years ago.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seumas Ó Gormáin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Commons, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Tomás Ó Gormáin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Address

   Commons, Co. Meath