School: Taney, Dundrum

Location:
Dún Droma, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
Teacher:
E. Costello
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  1. Colonel J. Hunt won many medals and honours quite recently. He started in the ordinary ranks and rose to be a colonel. He got the D.S.O., M.M., M.C. and was a K.C.M.G. he was also given foreign honours.
    There was a man who was supposed to be able to put a ton of stones on a lorry in three loads.
    His name was Mr Moran.
    Alice Lowe is a noted dancer in Dundrum. She live in Beaumont Ave Churchtown Dundrum Co Dublin,
    She won about fifty medals and several cups for her dancing.
    She was taught the dancing in the Carnegie Library in Dundrum. I do not know who taught her. There are not many noted dancers in Dundrum.
    There is a noted Irish Poet called W.B. Yeates. He sometimes comes to Churchtown to visit his sister and niece. The best known of his works in the "Lake Isle of Inisfree. He was
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. pearsana stairiúla (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Patterson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baile an Teampaill, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath