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   following the Famine Years. It was cut through rock which can be seen on each side of it.

   
   Vernagley or as it is called locally New Quay is Situated opposite Bannow Island by the Sea
   There is a quay or jetty where boats going up and down the Bay of Bannow unloaded
   Corn was shipped from there to England in great quantities.
   Coal was imported and sold there also. It is now disused.

   

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2. Local Industries

   

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   Straw hat manufacture. A woman named Peggy Connors who lived in a house in Danescastle near James Hayes' house (the tailors) made mens and womens hats from wheaten Straw. They were banded with black ribbon and cost from 1s / -d to 1s / 6d. This was about 60 years ago. Spinning Mills Judy Flynn who lived in a little thatched house opposite O Mahoney's the present Shopkeeper had a Spinning Mill with which she Spun Yarns - all

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Tom Broaders

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Kiltra, Co. Wexford