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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 050

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  1. The Bonehouse

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    In the townland of Kinlough stands the remains of an old Bonehouse which, it is locally said, was established about the time of the famine as a relief work to aid the poor people of the vicinity.
    A man named Philip the Boneman used to through this district buying the bones of old horses and cows and afterwards he sold them to the Johnstons of Kinlough who owned the factory.
    This old factory was worked by a horse churning machine and the people of the district worked there for four pence per day.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerard Haran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bomahas, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Owen Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Buckode, Co. Leitrim