School: Knockaville (roll number 14185)
- Location:
- Knockaville, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 361
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- Lime Kilns were often burned in this district years ago but they are not burnt often now.
Tom Gibson who lived about a mile from the school burnt the lime.
Heaps of stones (Sand - stone or limestone) were broken near the lime kiln.
The kiln was a circular building constructed of stone and mortar about ten or twelves feet deep with an opening at the bottom about two feet square for the purpose of extracting the lime and to create a draught to keep the fine alight.
A large turf fire was lighted at the bottom of the kiln and when this was well alight a layer of broken stones was placed on the fire and fire was kept alight by putting in alienate layers of turf and stones until the kiln was filled. Constant attention day and night was needed while the kiln was burning and this size kiln usually took his days(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Coakley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Edward Coakley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Enniscoffey or Caran, Co. Westmeath
