School: St. Cronan's, Bray

Location:
Bray, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Patrick Mac Donnell
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  1. In a place called Heywood, Ballinakill County Leix in an estate owned by the late Sir Hutchison Powe. This estate was owned by the trenches and next by the Donvilles. It is now the Leix county Hospital. The court stood on an acre of ground and there were stables for twenty coach horses. There are also two ponds, the Masklock and the Black Pond. Theris also a church called the Black Church where lie it is supposed, the bodies of the family. Queer things have been known to happen in it. The dead coach is supposed to been driven backwards and forwards. It used to start at the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nicholas Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    O'Byrne Road, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    O'Byrne Road, Co. Wicklow