School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 442
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- There is a Lime Kiln in a field along the road on our way home from school about a mile and a half from Kilskyre. People used to burn lime in it long ago. They had a fire of sticks in it and they used to put the lime in a bucket and put the bucket on the fire. It is a big high wall with a big hole at the bottom of it in the shape of a half moon. It is on the side of a hill and the back of the wall is covered with the hill. The hole is like an underground channel about a mile long but it is filled up with stones now as there is cattle grazing in the field.
- Collector
- Betty Casserly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Springville or Dandlestown, Co. Meath
