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School: Naas (Christan Bros.) (roll number 16708)

Location:
Naas, Co. Kildare
Teachers:
T. Ó Neachtain S. Ó Súilleabháin
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  1. Our Town (continued)

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    He is able to talk Irish. There was a famine in Ireland long ago from 1845 to 1847 and the majority of the people had to go to America and look for work. There are a few old buildings in the town of Naas. There is one on the Newbridge road called the Jigginstown buildings. It was built for the Earl of Stafford.
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  2. Jigginstown Buildings

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    Situated on the newbridge road is the Jigginstown building. It was built in the seventeenth century by the Earl of Strafford who was Viceroy in Ireland. He built it so as to have a mansion suitable for the King in case King Charles ever came on a visit to Ireland.He got the bricks from Denmark. a legend tells us that he had his men lined from Dublin to Naas and they passed the bricks from one to another till they arrived at Jigginstown. It is about one hundred and fifty yards long. There are many underground cellars in it. Before it was finished the Lord Deputy was called over to England and was beheaded for
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    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Jigginstown, Co. Kildare
    Collector
    Thomas O' Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    New Row, Co. Kildare