HISTORY OF DECOYS. | |
COUNTY SLIGO. | |
Decoys in use. None. | Decoys not in use. Markree Castle. |
| Markree Castle, 8 miles S. of Sligo, the seat of Colonel E. H. Cooper. A Decoy-pipe was constructed here in connection with a large lake of 100 acres, but proved a failure owing to the large extent of water it was attached to. Another pipe was nearly completed, but given up by the owner on his finding the first pipe made did not succeed. Both were the work of T. G. Skelton, and were made about the year 1860. | |
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COUNTY TIPPERARY. | |
| Kilcooley Abbey.-There was a Decoy here on the property of the late Mr. C. B. Ponsonby. It was discontinued about 1868. It was a small pool of but half an acre, with four pipes, and was made by Sir W. Barker in 1750 but was given up a score years ago, owing to its nonsuccess consequent on some large marshes near it being drained. | |
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COUNTY TYRONE. | |
Decoys in use. None. | Decoys not in use. Caledon. |
| Caledon house, the residence of the Earl of Caledon, 8 miles N E. of Monaghan, in the southern corner of the county of Tyrone, where it touches on the counties of Monaghan and Armagh. This Decoy, one of the best ever made, was constructed by William Skelton in 1846. It has eight pipes and in area consists of a little over two acres and a half. It has been out of repair for about a score years. In its successful days the Caledon Decoy sometimes accounted for from two to three thousand fowl in a season, and on many occasions fifty to sixty Duck were taken at a drive, and now and then over a hundred. | |