School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 134
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“Long ago people around here had to pay tithes to the protestant minister in Kilmeague.”
(continued from previous page)gathering in Kilmeague.
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“James Carew was a member of Parliament for North Kildare.”
James Carew was a Member of Parliament for North Kildare. James Kennedy from Rathcoe beat Carew in the election. Carew's last meeting was at the cross of Allenwood. There was a dance in James' Brennan's in Grangeclare and Carew's backers were at it and they sand a song the chorus of which was:-
"Whiskey hot and porter too,"
To nourish the herds of Jimmy Carew". - We have a churn at home. It is two and a half feet high, and about eighteen inches wide. We have it sixteen or seventeen years.
The sides are round and it is wide at the top and bottom and a little bit narrow in the middle.
The parts are, the dash and the lid. When the cream is sour it is put into the churn and left for a while to thicken.
Everyone in the house churns and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Marcella Ennis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mr Pat Cleary
- Gender
- Male
