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   I live in the parish of Kilternan and my townland is in the south-west of it. It is in "The Half Barony of Rathdown.
   It is a fairly big townland, and there are about 50 families and 350 people living in it.
   The name that is most common is Bradshaw. Most of the people live in cottages, but there are a few big houses. There are no thatched houses now, but there used to be a few, they are all roofed with slates now.
   The townland may have got its name from the landlords long ago. It was called the church of the landlords which translated into Irish is Kilternan.
   There are about 15 really old people living in it, and they don't know Irish, because this district happened to be part of the Pale, and all the people inside the Pale spoke English. There is one man who can speak Irish very well but I don't think he always belonged to this district.
   There are a good many ruins of old houses and there is also the ruins of old Kilternan Church and Kilternan Abbey. The Abbey is supposed to have been burnt down by some accident.
   The land is hilly, but in places it is fairly good for the growth of grain and for cattle grazing.
   There are three woods, they are not very big, they are Bishops Wood,
   Ballybetagh Wood and Fox's Wood.
   There are a great many streams running through the mountains, and

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Kiltiernan, Co. Dublin

   Collector

   Edna Exley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kiltiernan, Co. Dublin

   Informant

   Mrs Harrison

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Kiltiernan, Co. Dublin