Well Sharon, How I wish that we had these Sandmen in our district here in North Queensland. There is a big row going on around our district because of the sand buildup in a number of creeks and our river, but the Gov.enviro[mental]ist will not give permission to clear the sand, saying the fish will be disturbed!!!What fish...they cannot swim up the creeks to spawn because of the sand...so there are no fish in the streams, probably only crocodiles which can walk over the sandbanks. The tourists coming to North Queensland, the trucks bringing in supplies to our towns and people trying to get to our nearest city for specialist medical treatment, are all fed up with hold ups on the roads sometimes sitting in their truck/cars for days every time we get rain which causes flooding over the roads because of the sand buildup in these creeks. As for our river, there are more sandbanks in it than out of it, which is resulting in flooding like we have never seen before. And with this flooding, the houses and farmers close to the river have to suffer...never had it so bad..We have just had a State Election and a big change has taken place so we hope they can overrun the Fed. Gov and give our disrtricts along the north coast a big present by cleaning out all that sand!..Sorry for the tirade but wish we had these "sandmen" in our district. Kind regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Slater" <sharon.o.slater@gmail.com> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] [Norton AntiSpam]Re: Mount St Lawrence Cemetery, 1850s transcription complete > Chris, > > Sandmen used to dredge the floor of the Shannon and Abbey rivers for the > sand that was used in most of the building works in Limerick city until > the > beginning of the last century. They had their on style of boat called a > Sandcot, with a flat base that helped transporting the sand. They mostly > lived in the Abbey area of the city which was in St. Mary's Parish, They > lived along side another group The Abbey Fishermen, and although the two > families intermarried they didn't always get along as the sand dredging > would disturb the fishing areas. > > Sharon > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Chris Hunt <cah1800@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Thanks Kathy- what are "sandmen"? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Little.House.Antiques" <little.house.antiques@comcast.net> >> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] [Norton AntiSpam]Re: Mount St Lawrence >> Cemetery,1850s transcription complete >> >> >> > Chris, >> > >> > >> > See >> > >> http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/ObituariesdeathnoticesinquestreportsfuneralreportsetcfromTheLimerickChronicle/Alphabeticallistingsofobituariesdeathnoticesetc/f.pdf >> > >> > >> > There are at least 8 FRAWLEY obits published in the Limerick Chronicle >> > from 1858 to 1908. >> > >> > >> > Using the years given for the Frawleys (and the death dates in the >> > accompanying obits) you should be able to check the burial registers >> > for >> > Mt. St. Lawrence to see if any of these 8 are buried there. >> > >> > >> > Also I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that George Kelly of this list has >> > FRAWLEYs in his family and that a few of them are buried in Mt. St. >> > Lawrence Cemetery. The FRAWLEY family of Limerick (like the SHANAHANs) >> > by >> > occupation were SANDMEN. >> > >> > >> > Happy Hunting! >> > Kathy Rhodes >> > >> > >> > Researching LUBY and SHANAHAN in >> > Co Limerick >> > Co Tipperary >> > Co Waterford >> > Co Cork >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > "Chris Hunt" <cah1800@earthlink.net> >> > >> > My Frawley family settled in Mt St Louis, Simcoe County, Ontario, >> > Canada. >> > there were 7 brothers & 2 sisters but so far I have not found any in IL >> > (except when I lived there!) >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Limerick's Life <http://www.limerickslife.com> > > Limerick's Life Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/limerickslife> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message