School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)
- Location:
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Braoin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 268
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- One of the largest hauls of salmon ever captured on the Slaney was caught in May 1917 by Thomas Butler.
He caught 62 in a haul and he lived at Scurlocksbush Oylegate. He caught this large haul at Motabeg. At an average each salmon weighed about 12 lbs. That same morning he captured 8 more
At that time they were worth 2/6 per lb. Some years before that a man named Michael Roche of Killurin got 44 in a haul at Pouldarraig.
These were the most notable catches of salmon on the Slaney for the last 30 years.
- Collector
- Denis Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyvake, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Denis Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyvake, Co. Wexford
