Lough Corrib : its shores and islands ; with notices of Lough Mask (1872)
Wilde, W. R. (William Robert), 1815-1876 · Dublin : McGlashan & Gill · leaf 40
ily founded one of the tribes MENLOUGH CASTLE. 45 of Galway, and are connected with, if not descended from,the English Blakes of Cumberland. At the rere of the castle may be seen the village of Men-lough, one of the largest collections of cabins in Ireland, andthe inhabitants of which formerly… … 1861 they had fallen to 682. What a source of wealth thechildren of this village could be made to some enterprisingmanufacturer, who might employ them, and hundreds of othersin the vicinity, at from three to sixpence a day ! Around the village of Menlough we see nothing but stones,stones, stones;…
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