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School: Kilmessan (C.) (roll number 4211)

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Kilmessan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Stín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0690, Page 061

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0690, Page 061

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    About forty years ago an old man used to go around making baskets. He used to get the willow-rods along the Boyne. He used to make boat-baskets from the strong ones for picking potatoes and feeding cattle. The thinner ones he peeled and dyed to make shopping baskets.
    Near hear at Pikecorner was a forge in 1798 where they used to make the pikes for the rising at Tara and that is how Pikecorner got its name. Gates
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