School: Brannockstown (roll number 16817)

Location:
Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 449

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  1. There was a large bakery about ten yards from the back of Paddy Anderson's house but there is no trace of it now. There is also an ice-pit there, in the same place. There is barbed-wire around it and steps leading down into it. It is a long under-ground passage. It was used long ago for storing ice, beside this pit there is a draw-well, about thirty feet deep. It was used for pumping water up to Roberts's house.
    There was a flour mill in Newbury wood built by Mr. La Touche but he burned it himself after a time.
    The mill was burned about eighty years ago. The reason why it was burnt
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rory Mackey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brannockstown, Co. Kildare