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1. Boats on Lough Corrib (continued)

   

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   bought in opposition to the St. Patrick. The two boats traded for a few years, so that a person could go to Galway from this place for threepence. But the Fairy Queen was ran at a loss and the Lydons and Hessions bought it as the St Patrick was very old

   
   The Kadigan

   After a few years the Fairy Queen was thought not to be good enough for carrying passengers and the Kadigan was bought. She traded for ten or twelve years. Then trade went down and she was sold.

   There was no boat on the lake for some years after that until Mr (Pato) Walsh, Wood Quay Galway built a small one. He traded with it on the lake, between Galway and Cong for ten years. It is said that he ran this boat at a loss, in the end as the people found that lorries were a cheaper means of transport. This was the last boat on the Corrib.

   Dr Healy Archbishop of Tuam visited Kilbeg with a pair of horses and coach on his way to

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   Irish

   Collector

   Patrick Egan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clydagh, Co. Galway