School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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- Long ago there was a limekiln on every farm in this district.
There are very few limekilns now, because they fell into disuse, and many of them were tossed.
These limekilns were usually constructed against the base of a hill, so that it would be easy to fill them with limestone, and fuel.
These kilns were built of earth and stone.
There was a hole at the base of the limekiln for draught purposes.
When the farmers required limestone for any(continues on next page)