School: Dunlavin (B.)
- Location:
- Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Gogáin
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- About twenty years ago a woman who lived by herself in a house on the right hand side of the road that leads from Colbinstown to Cookstown, about a mile from Colbinstown, was burned to death. Her name was Bridget Cooper, she was ninty years of age when she died.
She was very fond of sitting forward over the fire, although she was often warned against this danger. One night as she was sitting by the fire when she fell(continues on next page)