School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 134
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“Long ago people around here had to pay tithes to the protestant minister in Kilmeague.”
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“James Carew was a member of Parliament for North Kildare.”
James Carew was a Member of Parliament for North Kildare. James Kennedy from Rathcoe beat Carew in the election. Carew's last meeting was at the cross of Allenwood. There was a dance in James' Brennan's in Grangeclare and Carew's backers were at it and they sand a song the chorus of which was:-
"Whiskey hot and porter too,"
To nourish the herds of Jimmy Carew". - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Marcella Ennis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gráinseach Chláir Thiar, Co. Chill Dara
- Informant
- Mr Pat Cleary
- Gender
- Male
