School: Damastown (roll number 12327)
- Location:
- Damastown, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Delia Wilson
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- (continued from previous page)a dreadful tongue. A little boy who used to frighten crows used to try to drown her voice with his clappers. Margaret died in Reilly's of Naul village.
Dan Kilrone a very old man and very lazy worked in this neighbour-hood and squandered his earnings. You could only see his two eyes with hair and he died in the Union.
Richard Reilly was an old "racker" who used to start with the hunt and finish up with it on foot. If a gentleman with a good purse fell in a river or slushy ditch Reilly would say "one pound or drown" and on being promised the pound he would help him out.
John Morgan was a famous ploughman and carter. He travelled the country but would not stay long anywhere. One time he took a notion and went to America. He worked there but got lonely. He said that he could hear the hay carts rattling in Smithfield(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maura Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Naptown, Co. Dublin