Lime-Kiln

There was a lime-kiln in Cregg Parish of Balla Co Mayo. When people want lime, this is what they do. They quarry lime-stones, they then break them into pieces about as big as an egg.
The lime-kiln is a round hole. It is built with stones in a bank. There is a small door in the side of it to let out the lime. The people first put timber on the bottom of the lime-kiln. Then turf and then the stones. They then light them. When the stones are half-burned they put in more stones. They keep doing this until they have it filled up.
They take the lime out in the side of the lime-kiln. They keep some of the lime and sell the rest of it.
This is done yet in Prison, and many other places

“Teresa Kelly, Prison, Balla, Co. Mayo”

— Duchas.ie