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School: Kilmuckridge

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Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
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L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 121

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    that moment till he found himself, first at the front entrance of a local gentleman named Mr Wm Bolton of Island, Kilmuckridge - this was his first whisk, a mere matter of five miles or so as the crow flies. At Mr Bolton's residence and out in front of the stately pile known as Island House - this unfortunate man, was made "to dance a hornpipe" till he remembers (or thinks he does) falling from sheer exhaustion.
    His next 'stop' was at the residence of another gentleman named Mr Colley, Paunden, a distance of over four miles from the Island the scene of the Hornpipe experience.
    At Mr P[?]s place in Ballywa[?]n, the nocturnal
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr John Carberry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Informant
    Mr John Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65