School: Calary, Bray
- Location:
- Calary Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0912, Page 154
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- (continued from previous page)than now and there were bigger families. Most of them emigrated to England and more to Australia. They are still going to England.
This land is very hilly and is used for grazing sheep and there is a good stretch of bog around Calary school to the Red lane.
St. Kevin is said to have blessed a littel well beside a river in Ballinstowe. Every one goes and drinks it when they have colds.
It is also said it has the power to cure sore eyes. There are pieces of cloth on the bushes around it left by people whose eyes were cured. There is a wood called the Deerpark here and there is a famous Waterfall in it and people come from far and near every summer to look at it, as it is famous for its scenery.
The Park is about forty acres in size of trees.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Sutton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Miss Muriel Taylor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballinastoe, Co. Wicklow
