School: Gallow (roll number 8301)
- Location:
- Gallow, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhuirín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 435
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- Nursery - or rearing of young trees was a thriving industry here about 90 years ago. It is still carried on but not at all to the same extent.
thorn: Larch, Scotch, spruce, were grown the seedlings sold to English men who used to come over sometimes to buy.Burkes, Drumlargan and Larkin's:- of Garadice Kilcock, were the chief growers. In those days native seeds were used - the larch cones, haws etc being gathered by hand. It took an expert climber to get the larch cones - as the best were found on the topmost outstanding boughs.The cones were "split" and put through a "cone mill" to get out the seed - it was hard tedious work.The haws were gathered put in a heap and buried until ready to be planted the following Spring.
Patty Mullally
Coole
Gallow(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Walker
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gallow, Co. Meath
- Collector
- Patty Mullally
- Address
- Gallow, Co. Meath
