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| 20 Dec 2007 05:48:59 pm |
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Category : archeology
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:41:17 pm |
| Kinlough-Gillaroo-de Cuellar |
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KINLOUGH: “Cran Locha” translates as “Head of the Lake”, situated near the head of Lough Melvin. In lough Melvin there are two genetically distinct species of trout – the Sonaghan and the Gillaroo. The ‘Castle on the Crannog”, as Rosclogher castle is called in the annals, had, as a subsidiary stronghold, the castle of Duncarbery. The date of erection of Rosclogher is unknown.
Of its actual history there is little know except from the diary of the adventures of Captain Cuellar (158 , which was found in the archives of the Academy in Madrid. It relates how a vessel of the ill-fated Armada was wrecked on Streedagh strand (in Co. Sligo) commanded by Captain Don Francisci de Cuellar. He was cast ashore, believing himself to be the only survivor. He made his way to Dromahaire, to the O’Rourkes of Breffni. He found welcome but O’Rourke was engaged in warfare, de Cuellar procceded onto Rosclogher Castle.
Cuellar re-counts the adventures of that journey, at Glenade he says he was accosted by a blacksmith who forced him to assist in the work of the smithy. Cuellar was released from this plight by the intervention of a local priest and finally reached MacClancys castle in Lough Melvin. and was surprised to find eight other Spaniards from his wrecked ship had survived and were been cared for by MacClancy.
While resident at the castle Cueller spent his time learning Irish, and studying the people and their way of life. He relates "that the soldiers lived in 'straw houses', and besides their own language spoke Latin, they eat but one meal a day. Their diet usual consisted of oatcakes, butter and milk".
In 1600, Lord deputy Fitzwilliam marched from Dublin with the intention of taking the castle. MacClancy departed with his family, leaving the Spaniards to defend the castle. The siege lasted for 1-0 days, with the English eventually backing down.
MacClancy returned, but refused to let the Spaniards leave, but eventually Cuellar escaped. A translation of this diary by Hugh Allingham M.R.I.A. was made in 1895. The original document was published in Spain in 1885.[/img] |
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Category : culture
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:38:35 pm |
| Lough Allen Brick Works |
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| On the shores of Lough Allen in the area between Tarmon and Drumkerran was a place called the “Jetty”. The jetty was a wooden harbor used by the Limerick Steamship Company for distributing goods transported by boat from Limerick. Close by, stands the chimneystack of “Lough Allen Brick Works” a factory set up by the Limerick Steamship Company. The raw material, clay and shale which were used in the brick making were mined a short distance from the jetty, and coal used in the baking of the brick was taken from nearby coal pits. Fire bricks, pipes and tiles were manufactured here, but for some reason unknown the project was not as successful as the Company had hoped, and after a period work discontinued. |
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Category : Land Use
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:38:07 pm |
| Dúróg |
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The Last Dúróg in the Area
“Right now you are going to hear about Mr. Travers, the Mr. Travers who owned the last dúróg in Innishmagrath. This dúróg by the way was a wicker basket for keeping consecrated clay. It was oval shaped, about 18” long and 12’ wide and had an opening at one end. In addition to the clay each basket contained a wooden cross, “made of the heart of the oak”, some holy water and some tow. The idea was first introduced by the Friars from Creevalea, because owning to the Penal laws it was impossible for them at all times to attend the needs of the people. For instance at the burial of the dead, so, in the absence of the priest, some of the clay, together with the cross was placed in the grave, and the De Profundis was recited by one of the older people who had learned it in the hedge-school. I’ve tried to get the meaning of the word Dúróg but failed because the word over time has been mis-spelt”.
From Rosclogher to Rooskey “The Leitrim Story” by Lorcán Ó Rúnaí |
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Category : Land Use
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:32:26 pm |
| The Linen Industry |
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The Linen Industry
The linen industry was very important in Leitrim (Kinlough) during the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century. Flax was a common crop in the area, and fields in the parish are still known as "flax fields". There was a flax mill at Mullinaleck where the flax was 'scutched', and flax holes where the flax was soaked before scutching were common.
As late as 1835 Leitrim still had four bleach greens where the freshly woven brown linen was laid out to bleach in the sun. In 1796 a total of 82 farmers in Rossinver parish received premium from the Flax Board for sowing flaxseed.
The 1841 census for Rossinver parish gives the following statistics on occupation:
Production of Food: 3049 males 67 females.
Clothing : 149 males 1762 females.
Lodgings etc. 79 males 1 female.
As the population exploded in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, farms became smaller and smaller as farmers divided up their holdings among their children. Most of the land was under cultivation, with little pasture and meadow. The O.S. survey of 1835 showed the following townlands as being either mostly or completely under crops: Boyney, Bomahas, Edenville, Gubbenumera, Gannavagh, Kinlough, Knockenroe, Park and Sragarve.
The American War of Independence (1775 - 1783) and the wars with France (1793 - 1815) disrupted international trade and ensured good prices for flax, wool and grain. The coming of peace after 1815 brought cotton back onto the British market, and linen prices tumbled. The installation of spinning looms in Belfast ended the cottage industry of flax spinning. Grain prices fell, and the price of cattle rose.
The consequences of these events for the cottiers were terrible. They could not now earn money from flax spinning, and the decline in corn production meant that fewer laborers were required. They were left to depend exclusively on the potato as a food source. The potato crops, while generally dependable, often suffered partial failures, notably in 1816 and 1821.
As the population grew and the numbers totally dependent on the potato increased, the scene was set for a major catastrophe.
(Source Breifne Journals) |
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:31:34 pm |
| grounded research part 3. |
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:29:20 pm |
| grounded research part 2. |
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Category : archeology
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:27:24 pm |
| grounded research |
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Category : Land Use
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:18:08 pm |
| Field systems |
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County Leitrim was planted in 1620 and the beneficiaries Sir Frederick Hamilton, Scotch Presbyterian owned 5,279 acres, from 1620-1441, extended boundaries of his estate by 1630 to 6,507 arable land and 10,650 acres of bog and water. By 1850 the countryside was almost completely denuded of trees, the only trees remaining being in the landlord's demesne.
During the eighteenth century, fences of stones or sods gradually enclosed the common land. This enclosure of the fields happened much later in Leitrim than in the rest of the country, and unfenced land was still held in common in the parish until the nineteenth century.
Under the old commonage system farmers were allotted small strips of land, and when enclosure occurred, these strips were often enclosed, giving the familiar pattern of small fields. When the survey for the first O.S. maps took place in the 1830s, enclosure was almost complete and the present-day pattern of fields was already in place. By the end of the nineteenth century, enclosure was completed, and only grazing rights on the Dartry Mountains were still held in common.
The word "mearing", which referred to the imaginary line dividing one common plot from another has continued in use to the present day. |
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| 20 Dec 2007 05:12:13 pm |
| extract from |
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