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School: Johnstown, Arklow

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Johnstown Lower, Co. Wicklow
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Nelly Bolger
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0923, Page 067

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    Local Place Names
    Ballykilty, the townland of the Kiltys
    The Kiltys were a great old Irish family who gave their name to this town land. Some of their descendants live in the townland still. They were a great fighting family and owned a lot of land.
    Kilcarra: church quarters. Long ago there was an old church here. They old people still point out the site.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cairbre O Lionáin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Seán Mac Feiritéir
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80