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1. My Home District - Newbridge (continued)

   

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   townland, and they have never spoken Irish.

   The land is rich and fertile, and the farmers grow suitable crops, such as mangolds, turnips, beet, wheat, oats and potatoes, and the land is also well watered by streams which run through it to the river Deel, which flows between Newbirdge and Scart.

   On the banks of the Deel, the ruins of Newbridge mill stands. It was driven by the waters of the Deel, and it was worked for a great number of years, and it employed about nine men up to about twenty years ago.

   The wool was received form the local farmers, and of which thread, rugs, blankets, tweed were made, and from the wheat the best of flour was made. This mill has been closed for the last ten years, and it is a great loss to the local farmers as they have to

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Newbridge, Co. Limerick

   Collector

   Mary Smyth

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newbridge, Co. Limerick