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Cooperage in c1971 Image Name: Cooperage in c1971 Description: Cooperage in c1971. Burtonport.

Stair Ionad na Cúipéireachta in Alt an Chorráin i nDún na nGall ábhar chlár an lae inniu.  Tógadh an tIonad thart fán bhliain 1780 agus húsáideadh é mar stór grán i dtús ama.  Bhí otharlann san fhoirgneamh ar feadh seal, bhítear á úsáid mar shéipéal, agus go dtí na 1970í bhí sé mar ionad cúipéireachta le bairillí a dhéanamh do thionscal na hiascaireachta. Déanann an staraí áitiúil Séan Ó Cnáimhsí cur síos ar an fhoirgneamh stairiúil seo.  Láithriú & Léiriú: Séamus Mac Geidigh.

Today, we hear a programme about the history of the Cooperage in Burtonport in Donegal.  The building was built around 1780, and used as a grain store at first.  There was a hospital there for a time, and it was also used as a church.  Afterwards, and until 1970, it was used as a cooperage to make barrels for the fishing industry.  Local historian Seán Ó Cnáimhsí describes the history of the building today.  Presented and produced by Séamus Mac Géidigh.