School: Churchtown, Athy (roll number 7790)
- Location:
- Churchtown South, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubhlaoich
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- The stones for lime are dug in a limestone quarry They are broken up and draw to the kiln. A coal fire is lighted in the grate at the bottom. In the kiln itself there are layers of stones and colum, a layer of colum between each layer of stones. When the whole lot has burned out the lime is left behind.
- Birds that do not migrate.
Robin, sparrow, wren, lark, blackbird, thrush, magpie, jackdaw, crow, chaffinch, bullfinch, goldfinch, stonechatter, seagul, curlew, hawk, snipe, tree-climber, plover,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eileen Heydon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brownstown, Co. Kildare
- Collector
- Leo Heydon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brownstown, Co. Kildare