School: Presentation Convent, Lucan

Location:: Lucan, Co. Dublin
Teacher:: Sr Gabriel

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“It is said that when two men were cutting Sarsfield's Tree they had to leave it...”

It is said that when two men were cutting Sarsfield's Tree they had to leave it undone because they were nearly deafended by a terrible noise and from that day to this it had never been cut.

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Collector: Alice Neary
Gender: female
Address: Lucan, Co. Dublin

Informant: Mr John Rush
Gender: male
Occupation: labourer
Address: Lucan, Co. Dublin

Language: English

High Road

A short distance beyond Lucan is one of the oldest bridges in Ireland, constructed in 1308, and Lucan itself is a place of great antiquity. By what road that delightful district

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