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Tim Robinson, Noel Wilkins, Jim Joyce (), Dawrosbeg, Publisher = "University of Galway", Asset Id 6503, Archival Record Id
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Collection
Ballinakill Civil Parish [Ballinakill or Letterfrack RC Parish]
Item Details
Collection
Ballinakill Civil Parish [Ballinakill or Letterfrack RC Parish]
Title
Dawrosbeg
Description
Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Dawrosbeg [Damhros Beag]. Included are descriptions of Ballinakill Harbour Oysters, where 20-30 people were employed in the late 19th century. The West of Ireland Oyster and Fish company collapsted a few years later, and the oyster beds were worn out by 1903. Roisín, a peninsula called Rushyhaughtily on the OS, and a description tracing the ownership of the lobster ponds there. Lochán Lí (Liath), Lugán Driseach, Líonadh Mór, Oileán Buí, Scóchaí, Doilín Garbh, Oileán Lachan, Roeillaun (Roe Island), Lochán an tSáile, and Cnocán na Beirtrí are also described. Professor Noel Wilkins of UCG, Jim Joyce and his wife are all credited with providing some of the local information.
Resource Type
Still image
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
13pp
Topic
Dawros Beg (Ireland : Townland),Ballinakill Harbour Oysters,West of Ireland Oyster and Fish Company,Rushyhaughtily,Peninsula,Liath,Lugán Driseach,Líonadh Mór,Oileán Buí,Scóchaí,Doilín Garbh,Oileán Lachan,Roe Island,Lochán an tSáile,Cnocán na Beirtrí
Geographic
Connemara,Ireland,Connacht
Temporal
Twentieth century
Genre
Index
Creator / Author Name
Tim Robinson,Noel Wilkins,Jim Joyce
Part Of:
p120_0001_0003_0022