5) Dandelions boiled down cure colds (Mr. Smyth, Celbridge - heard in Wicklow 30 years ago)

8 Laurel berries are poison (Mr Smyth Celbridge heard in Co Wicklow)

lavin, in Co. Wicklow.

Captain Michael Dwyer the Wicklow Outlaw.

their camps in the Glen as it is known as the snuggest Glen in Wicklow.

I heard the above story from my mother Mrs Doyle, Tuckmill, Baltinglass Co. Wicklow.

Once there was a Wicklow man who lived on the Wicklow-Kildare border, He dreamt one night that if he went to London Bridge he would find gold. He saved up until he was able to buy a suit of clothes and his fare to London. When he reached London he [ ] walking about for three days and he was about to go home when a man in an Inn near by who had dreamt of this Wicklow man and his dreams met hom and told him that in

Mrs P Lawlor of 84 yrs, Carrigacurra, Valleymount, Blessington Co Wicklow.

Co. He also wrote a song about the English girl was killed in the Wicklow mountains.

Shelton Abbey is in Kilbrids Parish, Shelton Townland and County Wicklow.

Georgie Agar Coolboy Arklow Co Wicklow

A ship was sunk outside Wicklow about twelve years ago, it was bringing a load of coal to Wicklow when a storm arose. The ship was a sailing ship and could not get in to the harbour but the people got word to Wicklow and life boat was sent out. All the people on the ship were saved, but shortly

In the year 1927 a ploughing match was held at Bellevue, Delgany, co. Wicklow. It was a nice clear day. My father, John Sutton, Moate House, Kilpedder, Co. Wicklow started off early in the morning to compete in the match.
To his delight he won the prize, two silver cups presented by Mr. Peyton, Delgany, co. Wicklow. It was on the 9th of Feb. 1927 when he won his first cups. The following week he won another cup on the 23rd Feb 1927 in Powerscourt, co. Wicklow.
In 1930 he won the Powerscourt cup complete and also in 1930 he won the Belevue cups complete. In 1931 he won another cup complete in Toghar, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow. He won all his cups with a Ransom Plough.
In 1935 he and three other men were

Long ago a fishing boat went out from Wicklow to fish one night there were three men in it: their name's were John Canavan, Jim Taylor and Paddy Hill when they were a long distanc out, the boat began leaking and they began to cry for help and put up distress signals, they were seen, and the Wicklow life boat was called on, and went out, and before they reached them the boat was sank, the men could swim a little and the life boat reached them and took them in but they were exhausted and were taken to hospital.
Long ago a ship bringing coal to the Corn Company in Wicklow, it was a cargo of two hundred tons, the ship sank, a few miles from Wicklow harbour and the crew on her.
About two month's after a lot of coal was washed out on the murrough and the people from Rathnew and Wicklow got a lot of free coal. Long ago a man named Frank Kavanagh was coming home from Ballyduff he was riding a horse. He was coming across a bridge when the horse suddenly shied at a piece of paper, he was thrown across the bridge and broke his neck when he fell.
There was a woman in Rathnew called

not at home and on learning from his mother of the visit of Billy Byrne he said he would not go in near a British soldier as he was afraid of being shot. Billy Byrne called again and met Larry. That night Larry administered the oath of allegiance to him Afterwards he took a leading part in the fight of 1798 in Co Wicklow. He was separated from his troops at the Long Hill (North Wicklow) He was brought to Wicklow Gail and sentenced to be hanged. Willie (Ch) Critchley (then secretary to the Grand Jury of Wicklow) betrayed him. It was a personal grudge some people say that Critchley had against him.
Billy Byrne's execution took place before its time. It is said that when he was going to the scaffold, he had to pass the house of another man who was sentenced to be hanged also. Knowing this, he got down on his knees, so that the other man

During the Black - and - Tan trouble in Ireland there lived a man called Peter Byrne in the towland of Ballykeane. He was a brother of Billy Byrne the famous foot-baller & hurler in Co. Wicklow to-day. and he is said to have done a very brave deed during that time.One night when the fighting was going on very strongly in Wicklow two men escaped from Wicklow jail in which they were imprisoned & in doing so one of them was hurt very badly. He missed the blanket which was held for him & hit the ground. He was brought to a house near Wicklow town and left there, and Peter Byrne on hearing what had happened him went there at the dead hour of the night in a pony and trap, and although the Black - and - tans were raiding the country all round him he brought him secretly to a house in Kilmacoo in which people called Tracey's lived & live to-day. He then sent a motor car for a doctor, for the young man who was very badly hurt.The Black - and - tans found out afterwards that he had done all this & came to him pretending they were I.R.A. men & said they would like to see their young friend who had been

About thirty years ago a schooner named Excel was reported from Greystones and other places as been in a state of distress and being carried along by the storm as it was understood it was in a helpless condition. A watch was being kept at Wicklow in which direction she was driven by the fierce gale. In the course of the afternoon the vessel appeared some distance from Wicklow she was without sails or masts and there was no sign of anyone on board, having passed Wicklow and the storm still raging and night coming on, those on board decided to make one desparate effort launched their small boat near Britis Bay but they all got swamped. The big vessel came safely to shore with a dog the only living thing aboard.

picked on a team to go plough in Co. Cork in mallow where they won second prize, four pounds. There were a bus load of men with them. Here are some of the names :- Norman Fox, Kilmurry. Co. Wicklow. Anthony Mulligan, The Paddock. Co. Wicklow. and some more from Roundwood.
Mr. John Byrne, the Paddock, Kilpedder, Co. Wicklow. was the noted weight thrower in this district.
He could throw a weight 25 yds. He and Father often had a challenge but Mr. Byrne always won. Another great weight thrower is Richard Fleming. The Paddock, Kilpedder, Co. Wicklow, A company of men gather at Ballinastowe cross-roads and Patrick Molloy, Ballyraymond, Co. Wicklow, challenges to see can he beat him.
My Grandfather, Anthony Sutton who is dead was able to lift a barrel of potatoes, and put it on his own back. My Father. John Sutton is able to throw a stone two hundred yds.
Miss Betty Molloy won a race in Roundwood sports on 21st June 1936. She ran a

Mr Joseph Lynch of Roundwood Co Wicklow is noted for walking. He gives Mrs Kavanagh for giving him his meals and sleeping accomadation. He never walks anywhere around the place but cycles he walks long journeys such as Bray, Wicklow, Dublin. His nickname is "Friar".

Another story relates that when the Wicklow pier was being built, men were travelling through the county, gathering up big stones to help to build it, and a man named Dickenson now residing in Rathnew brought the Ogham stone in Co. Wicklow and wondering at the marks that were on it, showed it to a priest who told him to take it back to its former place. It is also believed that a priest explained the meaning of the marks thus:- "Here lieth a princess; she was possessed of the devil."