School: Dunlavin (C.)
- Location:
- Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Mary Dowling
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- (continued from previous page)Medical Officer to cure the ills that flesh is heir to, a Superintendent and Civic Guard to keep the peace between us; a Protestant Rector to look after his flock and an undertaker to restore us to Mother Earth. We in Dunlavin are well provided for. The scenery around Dunlavin is very fine, mountain, hill, and valley and an unbounded stretch of the flat land of Ireland extending far far away. A holiday might be very pleasantly spent amongst us, and the air is specially commended for its balmy qualities. We are very high up in the world. The rails of the railway line at Dunlavin Station being the highest altitude on the G.S.R. line, that is to say about 60o ft above sea level or about the same height as the hill of Howth. Yes we Dunlavinians hold our heads high. The principal residence in the place is Tynte Park the home of Mrs and Miss Tynte. Miss Tynte, if I may take the liberty of saying so, is an all round lady successful as a breeder and exhibitor of sheep and cattle, a good golfer, great on the Green of Dunlavin on a fair day, good to hounds, in(continues on next page)
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- Kitty Norton
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- Rosie Daynes
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