School: Cnocán Mhichíl Naofa (Clochar)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 320
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- Hundreds of years ago a road was made between Brize Castle (about four miles from Claremorris on the Claremorris - Castlebar road). Twenty years ago this road was replaced by the Balla road.
During the Famine there was a canal cut between Ballinrobe and Kiltimagh. It was cut because food had to be sent from the River Robe. The men who worked on the canal worked from ten to twelve hours a day. They get four pence per day as wages.
A canal was cut near Milltown from a neighboring lake, a few months before the Famine, but it was never completed, and since has crumbled into ruin.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Rutledge
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Clare, Co. Mayo
