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School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)

Location:
Dursey Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 089

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    He used to get a half-crown a pig from neighbours for driving them.
    (Ní raibh aon chúntas beacht aige seo ar cá raibh na stage-houses ná an fhaid a bhíodh sé ar an mbóthar - Eoghan O'Súill ).
    The pigs used be sold according to weight - the usual price being three or four pounds a pig.
    Afterwards when the railway came from Dunmanway to Bantry, the pigs used be bought in Castletown, and there was a boat taking them from Castletown to Bantry. They used walk the pigs into Castletown from the Pound. This was usual until about 6 or seven years ago. They are now take by lorry from the Pound to Castletown.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó hÚrdail
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmichael, Co. Cork