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Craigagh Wood Craigagh Woods is near my house. It was planted in 1830 by the White family.
There were booley houses in the wood which people used when they were looking after their animals in the summer.
There was a blacksmith in the woods; he was called Thomas Mc Kiernan originally from the townland of Kinune in Glendun.
At the time of the building of the Coast Road he moved his smithing business to a house in Craigagh woods. There would have been a good deal of business for the smith during the building of the Coast Road.
Across the road from the booley houses there was a large compound for storing tools and implements. It can still be used today.
By the 1850s and with the road complete, Thomas Mc Kiernan moved to the neighbouring townland of Clady. He was there in 1851 when his father built Knocknacarry National school.
Souterrains can be found in the wood. People long ago built these underground passages, so they would have a place to hide if they were being attacked and they could keep their valuables there.
In 1913 Travers King offered to buy Craigagh woods. King suggested £250 for the woods.
An inventory of Craigagh woods was taken by Andrew Mc Clintock the estate's games keeper.
It showed he had 71 acres and the principal trees were :
Scotch Fir 151 Oak 64 Spruce 151 Ash 75
The family decided not to sell the wood, and in fact their descendants hold it to this present day.
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