School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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“The first bicycles that came round here were called "Philosophers" and some people called them "iron horses".”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- There is a dún in Mr MacArdle's fields in Allenwood North. It is on the other side of the round at our house. It is an old boggy place and there are a lot of trees going in it. There is a well in the dún and it is called "the dún well".
Once upon a time a man named Mr. Gannon owned the land where the dún is and all the people around the place used to get(continues on next page)