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School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)

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Kilmessan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 087

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    In the townland of Clunbun a short distance below Trim there lived a man named Patrick Dempsey. He had a small farm and he used to keep goldfinches. He had one particular field for keeping the birds. People used to stand to look at them.
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