School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Cill Dalua, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: An tSr. Aileabhaird
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- A flourishing trade in stuffs camlets, and serves was formerly carried on, and two well supplied markets were held weekly but both the manufacture and the markets have been discontinued.
Above and below the bridge there are numerous eel weirs, which produce a strong current in the river and there was also a salmon fishery in the district.
In the vicinity are some very extensive slate quarries which on an average about 100,000 tons of slates are annually raised for the supply(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Keogh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Dalua, Co. an Chláir