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Monday, August 9, 2010

Donegal Historical Society Meeting

August 8:   Road trip to Dooey to meet up with members of the Donegal Historical Society for their August field trip to the ice house and surroundings at Dooey in NW Donegal.




The icehouse was built by the English overlords in Dooey who used to visit their lands in this remote part of Donegal for hunting and fishing. They quickly discovered the rivers and streams were filled with salmon and other fish.  Using the lessons learned from Sir Francis Bacon about chilling food, they built a sturdy ice house with two foot thick stone walls.  

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