School: Calary, Bray

Location:
Calary Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean de Faoite
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    his rent also. He went to Dublin to live.
    When Mr. Stokes got married to some relation of ours named Leeson, her father gave her two fields for grazing.
    Now it is still owned by Stoke's. Nearly the whole lot of glasnamullen was divided between four brothers when they got married and it is in the same name Sutton only their grand children are in it instead. That is one big farm made into four.
    Lord Powerscourt used to give parties to the people and games after he would come back from his holidays.
    When he would be away there would be no flag flying on the peirs of his gates, but when he used to come home he used to put them up again.
    Old Lord Powerscourt is dead and then his son was heir for a good
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Sutton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    John Sutton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow