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1. Stone-Cutting (continued)

   

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   did carving was produced at this early date.
   The stone used in the building of Kingsbridge Station was quarried and worked by Ballyknocken men, working for the late Mr. Patrick O'Reilly, grandfather of Mr. P.P. O'Reilly, Co. Councillor.
   The stone used in the railway line from Sallins to Tullow was cut and worked by Ballyknocken men, working under Mr. J. Osborne.
   The principal buildings built of Balleyknocken stone include St. Aouden's Catholic Church, High Street, Dublin. Ballsbridge Show Grounds, The National Musuem, the stonework in Glencairn, home of the late Mr. R. Croker, popular race-horse owner and millionaire, and in more recent years Athlone Catholic Church, Mullingar Cathedral and Butt Bridge.
   Some splendid work done by Ballyknocken men can be seen at some of the various banks of Dublin and elsewhere.
   In the early days the only means of transit was the horse and dray. From twenty to thirty carts would leave Ballyknocken together in the late evening, travel as far as the embankment the Dublin side of Crooksling, where they would pull up for a rest and feed their horses and then resume the journey reaching their destination in the early hours of morning.
   This work is a closed trade. The men who are stonecutting now are the descendants of the

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Quinn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Valleymount, Co. Wicklow

   Informant

   Mr J. Quinn

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   53

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Valleymount, Co. Wicklow