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School: Kilmacoo, Avoca

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Cill Mochua, Co. Chill Mhantáin
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Bean Uí Chosgair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 330

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    diffrent places and then (I) charged them with dynamite and fuse. All the stuff that they hacked and blew out they put it in little waggons and wheeled it to the (lo) bottom of the shaft. There was a kibble hanging down by a very strong rope, they filled this kibble and two men on the top turned a handle and wound it up, when high enough they pulled it out and emptied it out then they let down the kibble again.
    25th February 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Byrne
    Gender
    Female