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School: Nurney (roll number 16345)

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Nurney, Co. Kildare
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S. Ó Buadhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 136

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    Industries
    There were three mills one at Nurney, one at Harristown and one in Walterstown. Besides forges and carpentry there was a Straw house and a Plat House on an old road from Nurney to Kildoon. The people worked straw for straw hats. There was a house called the Cock House where game cocks were trained for fighting
    The crops grown up to up to a 100 years ago were wheat and potatoes.
    The wheat was reaped with reaping hooks. Most of the reapers were migratory labourers from Connaught and a great many of them married and built mud huts in the neighbourood
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Nurney, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Stephen O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Nurney, Co. Kildare