File 10 - Knockboy (Moyrus Civil Parish)

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UGA P120/3/3/9/2/10

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Knockboy (Moyrus Civil Parish)

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  • 1993-2013

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1 folder (c. 20pp)

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Faxed letter from Chloe Stewart picking up on a piece Tim wrote about a plaque at Cnoc Buí which was erected by her mother, Esther Bishop. She encloses 'A Short History of Knockboy' written by Esther Bishop in 1962. The piece covers the period from Balfour's visit to Ireland in 1892 to 1960, explains failed efforts to forest 900 acres in Knockboy, and the ownership of the house at Knockboy.

Letter from Niall O'Carroll clarifying a point in Tim's writing about soil phosphorus and forestation in Connemara (2007).

Letter from Dr Jacqueline Walker including a note on Esther Bishop. (2013).

1 inch OS map of Kilkieran Bay, sharing Knockboy forestry (surveyed in 1839).

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      See townlands index P120/1/2/12

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      03/11/2016
      16/07/2025

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