School: Castleknock

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1. My Home District (continued)

   

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   in the locality is the Tolka. It was at the mouth of this river that the battle between the Danes and the Irish was fought in 1014. There are no lakes but there is one stream going down by the Sandpits. It is utilised for washing the sand.

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2. The Old Graveyards

   

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   The Old Graveyards

   There are five churchyards in the parish, one in Castleknock, one in Clonsilla, one in Mulhuddart, one in Cloughran, and one in Cave,ene. Most of them are still in use. The only one that is round in shape is Cave,ene. Castleknock, Clonsilla, and Mul-huddart have churches in them and they are still in use.
   There are trees growing in all the churchyards. There are a number of tombstone in Cave,ene churchyard and are hundreads of years old. Some of the crosses are made of wood, and some of them are made of -

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