Dawrosbeg
Item
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.
Dawrosbeg.
Format
13pp
Identifier
nuigalway:2574
ead-unitid: p120_1_3_22
Relation
Tim Robinson
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Subject
describing--Dawrosbeg--descriptions--Ballinakill--collapsted--peninsula--Rushyhaughtily--description--ownership--Driseach--Roeillaun--described--Professor--providing--information--Ballinakill Civil Parish Ballynakill or Letterfrack Roman Catholic Parish