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School: Árd Aitinn

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Ardattin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 169

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    The first motor car to be seen in the district was owned by Bishop Plunkett who was married to one of the Butlers landlords of Ballintemple. It was in the year 1901. People working in the fields would run to the roadside to see it passing just as they did some years ago when aeroplanes first appeared.
    Sir Standish O'Grady Roche was the second man to own a motor car in this district.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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