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School: Kilbride (roll number 4723)

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Priest Town, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Uná, Bean Uí Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 090

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    “In the year 1879 the Empress of Austria was hunting in this country.”

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    In the year 1879 the Empress of Austria was hunting in this country. One day she lost her hankerchief. Mr Michael Kennedy was riding near her he picked it up and handed it to her. She asked him who he was.
    In a short time a parcel arrived it was the hankerchief in a velvet frame with the following
    The Empress of Austria's hankerchief found in the hunting field by Michael Kennedy Esq and afterwards returned to him by her majesty as a souvenir of her visit to Ireland in 1879.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Bobbett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Fleenstown Great, Co. Meath