in Dunlavin. None of them can speak Irish or tell stories except Jane Valentine she is a great story-teller, and boys and girls visit her each night.
There are approximately three hundred people in the townland. There were more houses in the townland in former times, but they are in ruins now. No people as far as I can find out left Dunlavin to go to foreign Countries.
The land is level and very few bogs. The nearest wood to Dunlavin is Tynte Park Wood which is situated about one and a half miles south east of Dunlavin. There is only one big river. It rises from a well in Tober, which townland got its name it is called the river Griese and it flows into the river Barrow near Athy. The largest pond locally called "Doran's Pond" is situated one mile and a half north of Dunlavin. It is on the left hand side of the road leading from Dunlavin to Naas. Its depth is twenty five feet. People

Egyptian civilisation, but that it was so injured in transfer that the bright hopes have departed.
In Dunlavin the Kings of Leinster were supposed to have a Royal residence here up to Christian times, still it does not seem that any great city remained when the Kings departed. It is probable that some vestige of ancient splendour remained, and it is likely that a people who were cradled at the feet of Kings took their part in the civil and religious functions of the land. We learn that, like the Manor of Ballymore Eustace, Dunlavin, in later days, belonged to the Archbishops of Dublin, and that about 300 years ago the Protestant Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Bulkeley, an Englishman from Chester, presented the living and property of Dunlavin to his nephew, Dr Bulkely, the Dean of Dublin. It would seem them that Dunlavin, the modern Dunlavin, grew out of that grant and that the foundations of the snug little town of Dunlavin, as we know it to-day, were laid by these Enlishmen. The Bulkeleys married and inter-married

From information I have received from Mr James Deegan Uppertown. He told me that the people of Dunlavin did not die of starvation during the years of the famine because Dunlavin was a very wealthy district then, There were three or four wealthy families living near it, some of their surnames were Dixon, Molyneux, Tynte, and a few others and those families supported the poorer people during the famine, but some Dunlavin people died of fright. Many people of Donard Valleymount, and other poor districts

Ther are four roads leading into the town of Dunlavin the names of these are:-"The Pound Road" "The Sparrow Road." "The Station Road" "and the "Church Road."
The "Pound Road" derives it's name from a pound which was an encloser for stray cattle long ago and was situated by the side of the "Pound road" The pound road connects Dunlavin with the towns of Balinglass, Rathvilly and Tullow, it is a winding road and there are some small hills on it. The "Station Road" derives it name because it connects Dunlavin with the larger towns of Kildare and the

The oldest path-way in this neighbourhood is from Dunlavin to St Nichola's's Well

Dunlavin is regarded as having taken its name from the Failehan of the fair robe daughter of Dubltach Mac Lergha King of the Decies in Meath. During his absence she eloped with his servant. Records tell us the servant was pursued captured and put to death at a Dun or fort in Leinster which place was afterwards named after her, Dunlavin. There was however another Loahain in the same neighbourhood where a great battle was fought in 998 known as the 'battle of Glenmahna'. A castle once stood at Dunlavin, but to-day no trace of it remains.
In 1327 John Fitzgerald Earl of Kildare, was granted the costs of garrisoning it to check the powerful Clane of O'Byrne's.
Seven years later, in 1334, Sir John de Wellesley repelled the invasion of the O'Toole's another strong Leinster tribe.
From this period Dunlavin does not figure in Irish history till the 16th century when the Manor of Dunlavin bears first mentioned in 1556 when under the Crown

There are four forges in the Parish of Dunlavin, two in the town of Donard and two in Dunlavin. Mr Higgins owns one in Dunlavin and Mr Nolan the other
At the entrance gate of Mr Higgins forge there is a big horse-shoe hanging on the wall to denote that it is a forge,
In addition to shoeing horses he mends farm impliments, He cannot make gates. There is a smith living at Analecky Cross about two miles East of Dunlavin

Medical Officer to cure the ills that flesh is heir to, a Superintendent and Civic Guard to keep the peace between us; a Protestant Rector to look after his flock and an undertaker to restore us to Mother Earth. We in Dunlavin are well provided for. The scenery around Dunlavin is very fine, mountain, hill, and valley and an unbounded stretch of the flat land of Ireland extending far far away. A holiday might be very pleasantly spent amongst us, and the air is specially commended for its balmy qualities. We are very high up in the world. The rails of the railway line at Dunlavin Station being the highest altitude on the G.S.R. line, that is to say about 60o ft above sea level or about the same height as the hill of Howth. Yes we Dunlavinians hold our heads high. The principal residence in the place is Tynte Park the home of Mrs and Miss Tynte. Miss Tynte, if I may take the liberty of saying so, is an all round lady successful as a breeder and exhibitor of sheep and cattle, a good golfer, great on the Green of Dunlavin on a fair day, good to hounds, in

into various families including the Tynte family of Tynte Park. And so it comes to pass that up to now the Tynte family are the Lords of the town and surrounding lands of Dunlavin. The little townlet of Dunlavin is nicely built on the slopes of the hill which rises up from the plains of Kildare and from the town, and especially from the hill, a little above it, a magnificent view comprising several counties may be obtained. The Wicklow Mountains lie behind, and the plains of Kildare, Leix, and Offaly extend away to the ridge of Leinster and the horizon. The two main streets of Dunlavin are remarkably wide and clean and, as a person of note said to me as MaCauley said of Goldsmith's Deserted Village, "Dunlavin resembles an English rather than an Irish town." I do not know whether we ought to be flattered or not. We have a market house built by the Tynte family about 150 years ago. It stands in the middle of the main street as one enters the rising slope to the town. It is built in the ancient Doric style of Grecian architecture, and there are only two or three more like it in the land. Standing proudly it gives the impression that there is a large town in the background

further-more they stronger than the ropes made in the factories of the present day. This man lived in Grangebeg and he used to walk to his business in Dunlavin each morning. He died about twenty years ago, and his wife is still living in Dunlavin, she is a great story-teller.

come from Dublin and from other places to fish there. Its main fish are trout and salmon some of the trout weigh four or five pounds. Not long ago there was a fishing boat on it.
The reason Dunlavin derived its name was that there lived in Meath a king and he had a very beautiful daughter named Lúadain and she intended marrying one of the king's servants. But the king would not let her marry him.
So one day she planned to run away with him. This they did and they came towards Dunlavin. When the king saw what had happened he got into a great rage and he gathered his army, and went in search of them and overtook them near Dunlavin at a place called "Kill Him" And Hide Him". He killed his servant and buried his body there.
He brought home his daughter, and this place is called Dunlavin ever since

it was held by Sir William Sarsfield then Mayor of Dublin. A powerful family which settled at Dunlavin in the middle of the 18th century were the Tynte's of Tynte Park. James Stuart Tynte created a baronet in 1778, built Tynte Park, which today is still owned by the same family.
On Sir James Tynte's death in 1785, the Baronetcy became extinct. Sir James took an active part in the military life of the country bweing General of the Army of Volunteers of Ireland. Johanna Tynte in 1806 married Colonel Joseph Pratt who on inheriting the Dunlavin estates took the name of Tynte.
The present town of Dunlavin as we see to-day owes its origin to the Buckley famnily, which dates from the second half of the 17th century.
The Fair Green is regarded as being the scene of the shooting of 36 United Irishmen in 1798. The Protestant Church was built in 1816. The Market House at Dunlavin an impos

impounding cattle or any stray animals till their owners heard about them. For that reason it was called the "Pound Road". It leads south-east to Baltinglass.
The Tober Road lead north from Dunlavin to Blessington, it derives its name because of the famous "Tober" or well which is situated beside the townland now known as Tober. This road is a very new road because in olden times there was only a piece of it connecting the "Blind Lane with Fryarshill and "Old Kilcullen.
The Nass Road connectes Dunlavin with Nass and other larger towns of Kildare. This road is a very important one because the station is situated beside it. It is a very level road and is well tarred. There is a footpath on the side of it from about one mile outside the town of Dunlavin.
The Church Road is so called because the present Protestant Church is situated beside it, it connectes Dunlavin with South Kildare and some of its principal towns. It is fairly level but stony and muddy. It also connectes two very old bye-way together called "Tailors Lane and "Tournant Road" which are almost disused

There is a fair held in almost every town in every month. The local fairs are held in Dunlavin, Baltinglass, Ballymore-Eustace, Hacketstown, and Naas. Long ago there was a fair in Donard but it is now discontinued. The fair of Dunlavin is held on the second Wednesday of every month. There are two fairs in Hollywood one of them is on the first of November. When people are buying sheep, cattle, or pigs they always give back some money for luck.

Two miles west of Donard close to main road from Dublin to Baltinglass is Merginstown Glen House. Here among the out offices and standing on the farm of the late Father Hyland, is a Barn with a wide door or gateway. Here Father Hyland said Mass for parish of Donard and Dunlavin before the church at Dunlavin was built over 100 yrs ago.
The farm went in to the possession of a Mr Fisher (a Protestant). Then to Mr Joe Dunne afterwards Mrs Joe Dunne and then Mr Joe Dunne Grandson of the late Joe Dunne.
The Grandson sold the lands last year to Malachy Moynihan who is now in possession. (Told to me by Mr John Headon cowpasture, Dunlavin - next farm to Merginstown Glen).

I have made enquiries from an old resident of Dunlavin whose name is Patrick Byrne. He told me that Mr. Norton who was a member of the Kildare Hunt Club was killed about twelve years ago. He lived in boonanstown about a mile and a half south of Dunlavin. Mr.Norton was a great huntsman and was one day hunting at Glenduff when his horse about to jump a fence between the lands of Paul Duffs and Michael Byrnes when his horse stumbled and fell the rider was thrown from the horse's back to the ground.
He sustained injuries in his back from which he died three days later. This accident occurred on Thursday the 15th January at two o clock: After the accident the other huntsmen went home in deep sorrow for their comrade. When he died everybody in this locality were very sorry, his funeral was the largest ever seen in Dunlavin, he was buried in Tournant Cemetry.

The name of my district is Dunlavin. My residence is situated in the townland of Coonanstown Coonanstown is to the south of the town of Dunlavin. The name of my parish is Dunlavin, in the Barony of Lr. Talbotstown, which is situated beyond Baltinglass.
The family name most common around this district is Byrne. There are no thatched cottages around the district, the houses being either galvanized or slated. There are only a few old men around the district, their names being Laurence Toole, Toolestown, aged 80 yrs. Frederick Byrne, Loughmogue, aged 82 yrs, Patrick Byrne, Fryanstown, aged 70 yrs.
None of those men can speak Irish and they are not noted for story-telling. Mr Byrne is very active for his age. Laurence Toole is not as active as Mr. Byrne, and he never travels

The townland in which I live in, is called Dunlavin. It is in the parish of Dunlavin, and in the Barony of Lr. Talbotstown and in the Co Wicklow. The family names most common in this townland are Lawlor and Kelly.
All the houses are slated and the majority of them are two storeyed houses.
The oldest people are as follows, Patrick Esmonde aged 79 yrs. Thomas Fisher aged 80 yrs. Elizabeth Nolan aged 83 yrs. Patrick Doyle aged 74 yrs. Jane Valentine aged 72 yrs all of whom are in the townland of Dunlavin.
Elizabeth Nolan is the eldest person

Tanning.It is said that this industry was carried on in Dunlavin years ago, and that a tan yard extended from what is now Miss Nolan's garden through Rochford's garden.Some years ago when James Rochford was burying a beast that died he came on a paved channel at the foot of his garden.Two fields near Dunlavin Railway Station are known as the Upper and Lower Tan yard Fields. They belong to Mr. Edward Flood, Dunlavin.

The only holy well so far as I know of in this parish is in the townland of Tournant about one mile south of Dunlavin. The people around Dunlavin visit the well on the Sunday before the 29th June and the Sunday after it. People were cured of diseases that they petitioned for their cure. Mr. Fisher owns the land in which the well is situated.
It is called St. Nicholas' well