Iron gates are made by "Patsy Dan' Murphy Kelquane Headfont Killarney and by his brother "John Dan" Murphy Bappadub Headfont Killarney. Fancy gates and fancy railings are made by a relative of theirs - Humphrey Murphy formerly of Kilquane and now of Clohane Ironmills Killarney. Some of his work and he is only about thirty years of age, is to be seen around Killarney with his name and address on a piece of iron attached to it. He is certainly developing to be a first class craftsman.

was the same saint who built the monastery on Innisfallen Island in Killarney.

Moriarty of Cahirciveen came with orders to the Fenians in Killarney

who were then stationed at Ross Castle, Killarney, should be approaching.

1. Old roads in the Lissivigeen School District (3 - 4 mls. east of Killarney) Killarney Parish, Barony of Magunihy.
The "Old Road" A wide but rough road leading from Clash - Lissivigeen Cross through Clasheens, Minish and Clohane. Lendth 3 - 4 miles. Direction S.E. to Glenflesk and thence on to Cork. Wide and well made for most of the way was evidently the chief channel of traffic from Killarney to Glenflesk and thence to Macroom in pre-coach. Magnificent views of the Reeks and of the Lakes of Killarney from the highest parts of this road. Locally known for many years as "The Old Road"
2. "An Bóithrín Glas":- This road connects the main road to Cork from the Pike Hill (1½ miles west of Lissivigeen Sch.) with the Mallow Road. Length 1½ miles approx. Formed a short cut from the East to Killarney for this length of road.
3. Road leading from Scart, quite close to Loretto Convent through grounds of old Franciscan Friary on the banks of the Flesk, thence across the river, past Catairín na Leanbh the burial place according to tradition of members of the Franciscan community of Faugh and subsequently used for burial of still-born children or of unbaptized children.
4. Road through Áth na gCorp at Minish 3½ mls. from Killarney S.E. thence across the G.S. Railway to Minish Cross where it meets the main road to Cork, thence to Upper Minish where it joined the "Old Road" referred to above.

More than sixty years ago [i.e. 1870s or earlier] in this district there were no mowing machines. The hay was cut with scythes and the oats and wheat were cut with reaping hooks. The mowers that time were skilled men and they got four shillings each per day.
Nearly eighty years ago reapers were on the hill side on the land of John Donovan Madam's Hill Killarney reaping wheat at 4/- per day. A big wage then. Darby Sullivan was the best mower around this district. He lived between the bounds of Cahir and Coolgarrive near the big fort. Darby Sullivan used take the contract of a 20 acre field owned by Paddy Shea. He was a great mower and used cut along way with out edge. He used fix his scythe in such away that he used cut along distance without edging [sic]. He was an expert for mowing. He used take contracts to mow large farms or large fields. He used then employ other mowers. One of these was Seán O'Shea who lived in Knockeenduff, Killarney. Darby Sullivan's daughter (Hanna) is married to Seán O'Shea's son (Tom). They live in Killarney. Darby Sullivan is said to have got a charm for mowing while cutting the eleven acre field at Paddy O'Shea's Cleeney, Killarney. He then did not hear or feel his sythe mowing. He told some one about it and he charm left. Told by Dan Shea. Cleeney Killarney about the year 1909.
Maurice O'Donovan Cahooreigh N.S. Killane

Tragedy has cast its shadow over Killarney's bright prospect, and has contributed an unhappy story to the many tales that imagination has framed for its visitors.
Not the least charming of these legends is that which tells of the origin of the lakes. This denies - one had almost said naturally denies - the legendary history that there was no native civilization in Ireland before the Parthalonians, the Nemidians, or other early colonists arrived. It is definite about Killarney having been there, and a very desirable Killarney it was even without the lakes. The town that is now called Killarney then stood where is now the centre of the lower lake, and all around was rich valley land, spreading corn fields, orchards of various fruits, and a happy carefree

"Roads lead everywhere is an old saying but it is far more true today. Since the advent of the motor cars the local and County Councils have been put in the position of buying, and have been better able to keep the roads in better condition and repair than formerly as the heavy road tax on vehicles has put them in sufficient funds to enable them to do so.
Kerry the wild mountainous beauty County - and particularly Killarney is noted for good roads. Most of the old roads have been done away with and new ones laid down. The oldest road in Killarney is the Main Road from Killarney to Cork and is the best repaired one owing to the heavy traffic on it. Another old road is the Park Road leading to Fitzgerald Park and is regarded as the worst road in the district. The latest road in Killarney is the Countess Road. It is so called because it was made for the Earl of Kenmare's family so as they could have access to the Golf Links without

were John Sullivan from Ballybrack and Timmy Devane from Sheensbogs near Killarney. Heffernan became Professor of Mathematics in St. Brendans Seminary Killarney. After a few years in Killarney he returned again as assistants to Ballinalane Boys School from which position he resigned in 1916. He died in 1925 aged 83 years. Timmy Devane resigned and went to Africa. No assistant was appointed to replace Devane, sometimes called Devine. The next principal was John Browne Molahiffe and his assistant was John OSullivan mentioned above. Browne died in harness in 1922. Patrick Mannix succeeded John Browne as principal teacher in 1922. He collected all the "bealoideas" in this book through the kind co-operation of pupils and parents. His first assistant was John OSullivan who died in 1935 and is buried in Kielnanare Churchyard. His second assistant who replaced OSullivan was Daniel OShea who was promoted principal to Farranfore in January 1934. Peter OReilly Lissivigeen Killarney replaced OShea and is at present serving in the school.

''I and my husband were at the funeral of my godmother who was buried in Kenmare about forty or fifty years ago. Her husband was biried in Killarney, in the Abbey, and by rights she ought to have been buried there instead of in Kenmare. As we were returning from the funeral and were past the town of Kenmare and near the cross my husband said ''I must hurry on the horse. There is a funeral coming I want to be off the road''. My husband saw the funeral coming from the direction of Killarney but I could see nothing. It was the husband of my godmother coming from Killarney to be buried with his wife''.

My home town is called Killarney. It is composed of several parishes chief of which are, the parishes of Fossa and Glenflesk. Most of the land around Killarney is owned by Lord Kenmare. "Cill Áirne", as it is called is the Irish for the "Church of Sloes". The church was built in the midst of a wood of sloes, and the name of the town is called Cill Áirne.Killarney has many old people. Mr Moriarty who owns a drapers shop is past 80(?) but he is as healthy as a young man. An old story-teller whose name is Tom O'Connor lives in St. Mary's Terrace. He can relate stories both in Irish and English.Killarney abounds in famous ruins. They are, Ross Castle which the Irish surrendered to Cromwell, Muckross Abbey where the Franciscan monks lived, and Agahdoe where the Bishops of Kerry resided.There are three lakes in Killarney the biggest of which is Loch Lein.

in 1601 when proceeding from Killarney to join Carew, then besieging Dunboy. The passes from Killarney at Derrycunnihy and Glenflesk were closely guarded by O Neill's troops under Captain Tyrrell so Wilmot chose this intermediate route travelling it dead of night over Mangerton (2756 ft.) and thence to Kilgarvan and on to Dunboy.

When St. Brigid came to Killarney her cloak was torn and she needed a pin. She asked a woman in Martyrs' Hill for a pin and she had none. She asked several people in the street and she did not get any. When she came to High Street she asked a blacksmith who had just come to town. She got the pin from him and the blessing she left Killarney was - "That the natives may perish and the strangers may flourish."

There is no maker of hand-baskets in the school area. The last hand-basket maker was the late Jerry Cronin of Cnoc an Anbhain (?) (Cornhill) Headfort Killarney. He lived about a mile and a half to the West of Barradubh, off the Killarney Road. He died at the age of about sixty-two some twenty nine or thirty years.

blown out of the harbours in the Killarney Lakes. Thunder and lightening followed the great flood. It lasted one night. It killed many cattle and other stock. The flood tore up the road leading to Killarney. Traffic was held up for a day. No one was drowned in this great flood.

She got a sieve and milked the cow through it. All the milk flowed down the mountains in little streams. It is said that it formed all the waterfalls in Killarney. There is a cross road near Killarney. It is called Leaba na Bo or the bed of the cow. It is from my father I heard this story and he heard it from his mother and she heard it from her grandmother.

The first National Teachers. After the hedge-school era the first teachers in Killarney district appointed were - White, Rockfield, Milltown Parish, Daniel Kelliher Gortahoonlig (Gort a' Chúnlaig) near Muckross, Killarney Parish and Peter Fleming Tiernaboul, Killarney Parish.
The last-named was appointed subsequently to the principalship of Lissivigeen School opened on Dec 1. 1860. His son Most Rev Fr David Fleming, became General of the Franciscan Order, was a great preacher and a linguist of European fame.
On the death of Peter Fleming of fever in 1876, his son-in-law James O'Reilly, Principal Teacher Loughguittane N.S. Killarney (which supplanted the old school of Gortahoonlig) was appointed Principal of Lissivigeen School, a position he held until his retiral on pension in 1910. His son James P. O'Reilly was then appointed Principal. The Boys and Girls' Schools ceased to exist as separate schools on Jan 1. 1936.
The Principal Teachers of the Girls Schools were Miss Julie Fleming (Daughter of Peter Fleming Principal Boys Sch) who joined the Franciscan Convent Drumshambo, Co. Leitrim
Subsequently her sister Mrs D. Foran was principal for some years.
Another sister Mrs Sarah O'Reilly was appointed and on her retiral Miss Jane O'Sullivan of Killarney was appointed.
On Miss o'Sullivans marriage to Mr Geary of Dublin,

at one of the brothers killing him instantly. The other fled for his life. Sir. Hyde took out his sword and cut off the dead man's head taking it before him to get it hung up on the spike outside the barrack wall in Killarney.
Callaghan who escaped watched Sir. Hyde coming back and took revenge for his brother by shooting him. A month after this he got from the ancestors of the present Denis Murphy, Carrigagulla a grey mare known as the Croppy Mare, which was captured from a Captain in the British Army at a skirmish in Carraig An Ime. Callaghan asked Murphy for the loan of the mare and riding to Killarney he put his hand under his dead brother's head, lifted it off the spike and placed it under his arm. While doing so he was fired at and closely pursued by the best cavalry in Killarney. He brought the head the whole distance and buried it with the body which he had previously buried n the present "Old Cemetry of Kilcorney. Callaghan lived an old man an escaped capture.

In the time of James II, when the Battle of the Boyne was fought and lost, the Earl of Kenmare lost his estates as he fought on the side of the Stuarts. One half of the army of James was recruited by the Earl in and around Killarney, so the people here were much attached to him as their leader. When the Earl fled to France with the Brigade his estates around Killarney were taken over by two men Cronin and Griffin who had reformed to the Established Religion.
Some tenants of the estate who refused to pay rents to Griffin surrounded and captured him near the Deer Park Gate on the north side of Killarney. They proceeded at once to pass sentence of death on him and duly hanged him off one of the large trees of the park at the gate. Ever since that deed was performed there terrible noises are heard near the gate at night and indeed wicked deeds are performed there in the day time by the evil spirits.
Cronin lived in a large house near Rathmore and was acting with the help

The local roads are names the Killarney Road, the Listowel Road, the Scartaglia Road, the Brosna Road and the Tralee Road.
The Killarney road leads from Castleisland to Killarney; the Listowel road leads from Castleisland to Listowel, the Tralee road leads from Castleisland to Tralee and the Brosna road from Castleisland to Brosna.
They were made about seventy years ago. The road through Scartaglia was the old road to Cork and it was through this road the old car-men used to carry butter and pigs to Cork in former times.
There are a lot of places marked with crosses along these roads to mark the places where some brave young men gave their lives for Ireland.