Trughanacmy

Boats, stone and seaweed

Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Kilfinura, in Trughanacmy, records boats serving both fishing and trade. About fifteen large fishing boats also carried produce from Blennerville and brought merchandise from larger vessels through the shallow bay towards Tralee. Nearby limestone quarries supplied stone for the ship canal then under construction. In the surrounding parish of Ballynahaglish, Lewis noted another coastal resource: farmers used seaweed and sand to manure their cultivated fields. These accounts show several ways the bay supported local work. ^{[2] [3]}