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School: Donabate (B.)

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Donabate, Co. Dublin
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L. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 281

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    name on top of it. Some years ago a man by the name of Mr Keeling was walking by the river and a piece of the bank fee in. He saw the end of the iron sticking out. He went home and told his father and the two of them went back and dug it out. They found that it was the case that Daw was buried in. When they scraped off the mud they saw Daw's name written on it. They took it away to Dublin with them and ever since that time the bridge was called Daw's Bridge
    (map is drawn here showing daw's bridge going over the Turvey river in between Turvey avenue and the road to Blake's cross)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Portraine, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Matthew Gargan
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Portrane, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Dillon
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    62
    Address
    Turvey, Co. Dublin