01 Saturday Nov 2014
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Photo c 1928 Ballydehob (Béal Átha an Dá Chab: Ford mouth of the two openings), West Cork, with pupil names.
Courtesy Mrs. and Mr. Camier.
The 1926 photo is probably Ballydehob:
01 Saturday Nov 2014
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Extract from Bawnakeane (?) No 3, National School. Ballydehob, West Cork, 1867-1909, pupil name, date of entrance, religion, townland.
Courtesy Mrs and Mr. Camier.
01 Saturday Nov 2014
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Photo, 1930s and 1955, with names, Dreenlomane, (Doirín na Lomán: Little Oakwood) National School, Ballydehob, West Cork.
Courtesy Mrs. and Mr. Camier.
Note 1930s photo some of the children are barefoot, sometimes in the summer even well off children went barefoot mostly a sign of poverty.
1950s
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01 Saturday Nov 2014
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Chain men, surveyors to revision to Ordnance Survey c 1898-1904, Sappers Royal Engineers.
Among the chain men were neighbours Jeremiah Crowley, Ahagouna, and Skuse Clashadoo, Durrus. Jeremiah emigrated to San Francisco where his siblings were and died young 1926 in an accident leaving a large fortune, in present day terms c €2.5 million. Skuse joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper as did many of the chain men.
Many young men were employed towards the end of the 19th century as ‘chain men’ or surveyors unqualified in the Ordnance Survey. This may may for a revision of the maps in connection with the preparation of Estate Maps for the transfer of land from Landlord to the Tenants.
When the exercise was over many emigrated to the USA but quite a number joined the British Army where they tended to join the Royal Engineers as sappers. Presumably the training they received was of use there.
Courtesy Mrs. and Mr. Camier.
The enclosed photos show a chain link.
01 Saturday Nov 2014
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Photo, no names, LDF (Local Defence Force) during Emergency (World War 2), Ballydehob, West Cork.
Courtesy Mr. and Mrs Camier.
01 Saturday Nov 2014
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19th century writing slates and school desks.
Courtesy Mrs. and Mr. Camier.
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Photo Rosbrin National School, Schull, west Cork, 1926 with teachers named.
Courtesy Mrs and Mr. Camier.
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Irish Magistrates 1904 and Irish, from Hansard, Has the Lord Chancellor power to remove a magistrate for signing his name in Irish?
House of Commons, 23rd Debate, 23rd February 1904, Volume 130 p. 733-4
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1904/feb/23/irish-magistrates-and-the-irish-language
1813:
https://durrushistory.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/magistrates-co-cork-appointments-from-1813/
1835 Magistrates:
01 Saturday Nov 2014
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Bantry, pre 1902, first rural area to adopt dual Irish/English road direction signs.
In Tom Spalding’s book on Cork street signs, Associated Editions 2013 he quotes Harry R.G. Inglis ‘the ‘Royal’ Road Book of Ireland, Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis 1902, p. 64.
‘Directions on mile-posts were painted in clear black letters on white in Irish: the English names were faintly visible in small white letters in a green background’
31 Friday Oct 2014
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Farm machinery at Gortnagrough Folk Museum including by Pierce and W. Doyle of Wexford, Clearys of Carrick-on-Shannon, Block Making Machine by J Conway and Sons Inchicore, Dublin, Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann Teó.
The machinery has been assembled by Tommy Camier. As merely a boy he built a water mill outside his home place. Later as well as farming he ran a garage in Ballydehob. Much of the machinery he has restored to working order from wreckage. Some was originally horse drawn and was later adapted to work with a tractor.
From the post famine period fames were consolidated and the larger farmer mechanised with the then latest equipment
Pierce were one of the main Irish firms having a large range of modern equipment. This is a You Tube.
https://emmastafford1.wordpress.com/tag/pierces-foundry/
http://www.thejournal.ie/working-lives-nli-exhibition-1147446-Oct2013/
The block making machine was of a type used to about 30 years ago, an operative could make up to 200 in a day.
Sometimes local merchants had a plate with their name on the machine put there by the manufacturer.
https://plus.google.com/photos/100968344231272482288/albums/6076473513156215329
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