School: Kilmacanogue, Bray
- Location:
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chuinneáin
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- Good singersMr. Henry Groves of Newtown was a very good singer. His favourite song was on called the "Glen of the Downs". He had no home, he used to work. He is alive yet.Mr. Paddy Donohoe of Calary was a very good violinist and singer. He sang and played all "Moore's melodies. When travelling through Wicklow, he visited Moore's tree. His in fifteen years dead.
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- Lily Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
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- Mrs Byrne
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- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Good RunnersMr. Joseph Brady of Kilmacanogue was a very good runner. He won the championship of Leinster. He also won a race from Kilmacanogue to Bray.
- DrowningOne day in the middle of Summer, a man named Henry O'Neill was drowned in a pond. He was swimming, he called for help, but before help came he was drowned.
- SnowstormsWhen my Grandfather was young, there was a sever storm, it was the worst for four hundred years. The storm occured in February, but drifts of snow were to be seen on the(continues on next page)
