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School: Newtownmountkennedy

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Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
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Tomás Ó Caoilte
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0928, Page 063

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  1. Killadreenan Church Ruins

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    The Irish name for Killadreenan is "Cill an Draighneáin" which means the church of the blackthorns. All the hedges near the church consist of blackthorns.
    The ruins of the Killadreenan church consist of two parts or apartments each twenty six feet by sixteen feet having a window at the East gable. There is a door on the south side which is four feet three inches high to the point of the arch. The arch on the outside consists of two thin narrow strips of stone one of granite and the other of a greenish slate stone, its top fitting into a notch cut in the flat of the granite stone thus [drawing]
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Risteárd Ó Cearnaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmacullagh, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Haslam
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow