School: Barradubh (Sixmilebridge)

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1. Wild Geese (continued)

   

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   rat traps were set in the bog and straw scattered about. For days at a time the geese avoided the straw but eventually were tempted.

   

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2. The Wild Cat

   

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   A hundred years ago wild cats lived in the mountains and were hunted for sport and for the skin of the cat which was valuable. For the purpose of destroying hawks which were killing game the landlords got the mountains poisoned and the Wild Cats were all destroyed. They survived longer in the woods around Killarney but what was considered the last survivor was found dead - believed to have been poisoned - in a wood near Killarney Lakes. He was a splendid specimen and was stuffed and preserved in a glass case. He is to be seen in a cottage at the Gap of Dunloe beyond Kate Kearney's cottage. I saw it two years ago.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dómhnall Ua Donnchadha

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

3. Inlaid Workmanship

   

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   The owner of that cottage (whose name I cannot recall) is a traditional manufacturer of the most exquisite specimens ​of wooden curios. Though only about forty four years of age he is a finished artist

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