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School: St. Cronan's, Bray

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Bray, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Patrick Mac Donnell
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    TO THE MEMORY OF ONE WHO WORSHIPPED HERE DOCTOR NATHANIEL ALCOCK DIED APRIL 4 1904, IN HIS 65TH YEAR.
    "A WISE MAN IS NEVER SO BUSY AS IN THE SOLITARY CONTEMPLATION OF GOD AND OF THE NATURE"
    SENECA
    ERECTED BY HIS TWO FRIENDS
    This stone is placed in the side of the mountain at Ballyman. These three men used to sit down on the rock and admire the view from it. When this man died his two friends erected this stone in memory of him. You can reach this stone by taking the road from Old Connaught to Enniskerry and then turn to the right up
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