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notice. Dungarvan was once an important place, but 

 its fisheries are now much reduced, and numbers of 

 the fishermen have emigrated. Trammels are used at 

 Ring for catching hake, and there is a little inshore 

 trawling and hand-lining. 



In Ballycottin Bay and Cork Harbour and its neigh- 

 bourhood, the fisheries are also varied, but not very 

 extensive, although a good many fish are taken at 

 times. 



Kinsale was at one time famous for its line fishery, 

 and the Kinsale hookers were celebrated as sea-going 

 fishing boats. The town has in recent years come 

 into notice as a great station for the mackerel fishery, 

 and at this time is the resort of boats from other parts 

 of Ireland, as well as from Scotland, Cornwall, and 

 the Isle of Man. The fishing, which is by drift nets, 

 begins early in March, and is carried on till about the 

 end of June; and, as is the case with the herring 

 fishery on the east coast, the stranger boats capture the 

 larger proportion of the fish. Of late years many 

 French boats have taken part in this fishery, but their 

 captures are cured on board and taken away. A great 

 step has been made during the last few years in the 

 development of the mackerel fishery, by the establish- 

 ment of a line of steamers, in addition to the sailing 

 vessels, for the transport to England through Milford 

 of the fish landed at Kinsale. In 1875 there were 

 seven steamers constantly engaged in this work, and 

 occasionally three additional ones, besides nineteen 

 sloops. Several other vessels were employed as hulks 

 tor holding the ice, boxes, &c., for packing ; and the 



