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School: Brittas, Wicklow

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Brittas, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Áine Ní Laidhigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 087

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 087

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  1. Raths (continued)

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    A person told me that thumping sounds can be heard there.
    The owner of the other rath ploughed around it and nothing grew in it.
    Donal O'Donnell,
    Brittas N.S.
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  2. The Old Man

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    "The Old Man"
    I got this information from Michael O'Brien Barndarrig, Kilbride, Co. Wicklow.
    On the top of Castletimon hill about one mile and a half north of our school there is a heap of stones and in Summer time holiday makers go to visit it. There is no road nor path leading up to it. A prince named Simon Gael is buried there. He built a castle there long ago and that is how the hill and the townland got their name.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael O' Brian
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barndarrig, Co. Wicklow