School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhda
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“Beyond Drumshanbo Railway Station in the townland of Minanure and old road leads across a hill known as the Furnace hill.”
(continued from previous page)The used of coal was then unknown and the ore was smelted by timber and turf fuel.
Lough Allen at that time was surrounded by trees, and those trees were cut down for the fires of the furnace.
The persons in charge of this industry continued cutting down the trees, and never thought of planting young trees with the result when the timber got scarce this great industry had to cease work for the want of fuel.- You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Thomas Francis Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs B. Whelan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim