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School: Knockanargan, Dunlavin

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Knockanarrigan, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Annie Draper
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 073

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    The townland is Brittas. The parish is Donoughmore. The barony is Talbotstown.
    There are five families living in Brittas. There are twenty people living in it.
    The family name most common is Connell.
    There are two slated houses, two thatched ones and one galvanised house in the townland.
    The townland got it's name from the rocks that are about it.
    There is one women over seventy living in it.
    There are five old houses in ruins.
    One man and fourteen children went to Australia about sixty years ago.
    The hills and bogs are the best part of the land.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Brittas, Co. Wicklow
    Collector
    Susan Case
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brittas, Co. Wicklow