School: Kilmacanogue, Bray
- Location:
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chuinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 054
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- XML “Bushes - The Fraughan Bushes”
- XML “Stream - The Silver Well”
- XML “Hills - The Downs Hill”
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- Nora Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
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- Mrs Byrne
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- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- In olden times what we now call "The Fraughan Bushes" was all Little Sugarloaf. The Earl of Meath got all his workmen and tenants to surround all the fraughan bushes with a large stone wall and claimed it Private Property. In this park the people congregate for amusement to gather fraughans.
- The Silver Well rises in Big Sugarloaf. It gets its name as Silver Well because it rises in a clump of silvery stones and bright sands.
- The Downs Hill gets its name from its shape. It is formed in the shape of a cave or cavity and forms into a Glen. In Summer Boy Scouts and Hikers pitch(continues on next page)
