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School: Convent of Mercy, Clogheen

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Clogheen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr. M. Emmanuel Hearn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0574, Page 032

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    burn about twenty barrels a day The lime was needed for the land as tillage was the principal industry but for the past forty years or so tillage is not as important and all the kilns are idle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. lime-burning (~280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynomasna, Co. Tipperary