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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 084

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 084

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    is hard to be killed. The eels when you catch them and cut and clean them and some times when they would be on the pan they would not be dead altogether. The people get fowl easy they have guns to shoot them some birds you could not eat is the blackbird or the crow and other birds, you could eat, the pigeon, and the snipe, and other birds. John Gillick in the bog makes wheels, and gates and he builds houses. Lynch's in Clonmellon used to make churns and barrel's and Lynch's from Ankerland are coopers and they mend churns and barrows.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonarney, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Michael Gaffney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Clonarney, Co. Westmeath