Local Roads.
The names of roads around the district of Yellow Walls. Are as follows. Malahide road which leads to the town of Malahide, Balragan road which leads to Swords. There is an other road called Main road which also leads to Swords. There is a small road called Sea road and at the end it leads to Malahide. The sea runs from Swords to Malahide. There are big grass banks and little streams at the end of that road and it is called the Marsh. On the Strand road to Swords there is a little lane called Pond lane, which leads to many fields and streams. At the end of this lane there is a big stream with a wooden

Malahide
This little seaside town lies in the North County Dublin. It is situated on a large hill. In olden days when the Fenians were in force all Mullach Idé was a Irish town. When the great dictator Oliver Cromwell captured all the towns from Dublin to Drogheda he slew all the inhabitants from the smallest to the biggest. After that Malahide got its new name. Mullach is a hill. Then a great Lord lived in the castle called Lord Talbot de Malahide.William Redmond,
Kinsealy Lane,
Malahide
Co Dublin

was no one killed. This year there was a house burned to the ground and a number of valuable things were burned but no one was injured Mr Hogan has his own shop on that site now. There were a great number of barrels of Oil and they were in a store under the shop. They caught fire and burned the place to the ground. The wife of the owner was burned and the cat which used to sleep in the oven was roasted. There was a ship in (Malahide) named "Mustard Pot" in Malahide in the year 1923, and a man was living alone in it. He had an oil-lamp

Every place or town has some history concerning its name. It is said that Malahide or "Mullach Íde" got its name from a man named Íde who lived on the hill in Malahide and the place is therefore called Mullach Íde or Hill of Íde. It is said that Yellow Walls got its name from a public-house that always had its walls painted yellow.There are some fields near

One place I know in which there is a "fairy" fort is "St Helen's", The Hill, Malahide which "fairies inhabited". It stands on the lands owned by Mr. McDonald. Lights were seen there. One old man named Patrick Kearns said that he was taken on Saturday night around the Hill of Feltrim near Malahide and back again by the "Fairies". There is a very nice "Fairy Fort" in a place

Old Houses.
There are many houses in the County Dublin. Some made of mud and others of cement. In Kinsaley, Malahide, Swords these houses are to be seen. Many travellers in the time of James II spoke of these beutiful houses with the picturesque appearance.
The floor of Malahide castle is mixed mud and marble. Their are many mud tombs full of bones and skeletons in the castle grav-yard. The old church attached to Malahide castle is made of mud and stone. Nearly all the barns and out houses are made of mud.
When the coffins are locked up in the tombs the water leaks down on them and rotts them. Their is a tunnel supposed to be running from the castle to the grave-yard in case of danger.
Fagan's barn and house is made of mud. If one dug up the floor he would get iron and bits of steel where the forge once stood. The old band room where Waltons lived sheltered many a person fleeing from the Black and Tans.
Swords is a place of many mud houses. If you walked along the Swords road you would see the house where James Lawless dwelled. James Lawless fought for his country during the Black and Tans. In Kinsealy Lane where the houses now stand - there was a lot of mud houses.

Baldungan Castle is situated on a hill overlooking Loughshinny and is about 2 miles from Skerries. It is hard to tell the right name of Baldungan and how it got its name. Most people say it got its name from being a strong place or fort. Baile Daingin is the name of the castle and village in Irish and in English it is called Baldungan. When the Normans conquered the land they secured it by building castles which they garrisoned. They always built the castles on a place of vantage from where they could view the country for miles around. The castles were generally built on a hill or an elevated spot which could easily be defended. The place selected as a site was one which possessed some military advantage. In some cases the castles were built in view of each other. Malahide Castle which was built by Richard Talbot in the reign of Henry II can be seen from Baldungan. It is said that Dermot Mc Murrough bestowed Baldungan castle on his relation St Lawrence O'Toole Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough Lands were given to the Archbishop by McMurrough who was then King of Leinster and those at Lusk Swords and Baldungan were numbered amongst them. Malahide castle was said to be the strongest castle in Co Dublin but Baldungan was nearly as big and as strong. The only part of Baldungan now remaining

they woke a thick mist was spread over the fields nad every potato in them was blighted. Malahide was not as stricken as other places because private charities in England sent over food and money.Austin Walsh,
4 Marine Cottages,
Malahide.

The Mound of Knocksedan
The Mound of Knocksedan is situated on the main road to Naul about five miles from Ballymun. It lies to the right hand side of the fort. It is fairly high. The little river Pill flows to the east of the fort and meets the sea at Malahide. Every Hallow Eve a fairy boat comes sailing down the river. The fairies disembark go up on to the mound and dance there all night. The local people pronounce this word Knock-shee-dan perhaps on account of the story about the fairies.
There are the ruins of some old buildings on the opposite side of the road. People say that it was a nun’s monastery long ago. There is a tunnel in the mound leading to Malahide and during the troubled times in Ireland the

Local Roads
There are many roads running in all directions from our house. The "Back Road" which runs at the back of our house faces the north. It is joined at one end by the "Dublin Road" which joins the "Swords Road".
The other end of the "Back Road" joins the "Hill Road" which runs in one direction to Malahide and the other direction to Portmarnock.
The "Portmarnock Road" is joined by the " Black Wood Road" which runs to Portmarnock.
The " Hill Road" is joined by the "Strand Road" which runs to Portmarnock.
The "Hill Road" is joined by the "Strand Road" which runs to the Malahide and the Velvet Strand.Rita O'Neill,
Hill.
Malahide.

Malahide Castle.
Malahide is a very famous town, because of the nacient castle that in its neighbourhood. St James castle is the name of it. There is an old graveyard attached to it, and only a few people are allowed to be buried in it each year. The castle grounds are very useful for birds and fowl.
Long ago a Catholic family resided in the castle, and as time passed on they left through marriage. Maud Talbot was a maid, wife and widow on the same day. Her husband fought a duel with another Lord and was killed.
Their are some fine water paintings in the castle. As time went on is fell into Protestant hands. A few years ago an old manuscript was found and sold to an English man.William Redmond,
Kinsealy Lane,
Malahide
Co Dublin

The Famine.
The great Irish famine occured in the years '46, '47 - caused by the blight that destroyed the potateo crop in the years '45, '46. Of course Kinsealy was a farming district, and the people had no other food; so the had to depend on the potatoes. About one hundred died of hunger, and another hundred were emmigrated to America and other countries.
In these dread famine days a lot of people died in the wood ditch running along the Malahide Road. More died in the Castle wood. All the mud houses that were thrown in the past few years is the past result of the famine. The people were not able to rent and were thrown out on the road to starve. Another thing was - anyone found out of their house between sunrise and sun-set, were liable to fourteen years transportation beyond the seas.
The people were so famine-stricken around Kinsealy that one could see them eating grass. They drew blood of cattle and drank it. They killed the little donkeys, that served them years on their little farms.
When the little ships left Malahide and Baldoyle with dying passengers on board, they were thrown overboard. These ships were called coffin ships, Many of these people's bones lie in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the U,S,A.
William Redmond.
No 7 Kinsealy Lane,
Malahide,
Co Dublin.

About thirtythree years ago, my father walked from a mile below Bailieboro, to the havest in Dublin. He stayed above three weeks, and on a Sunday morning he thought of coming home. He walked into Malahide, and back to Dublin & then started for home. It took him 15 hours to walk 60 miles

In different parts of Ireland roads are known by different names such as lonan lanes and boreens. The word boreen s a corruption of the Irish word for a small road.In Swords they are called roads and lanes. The main road in Swords is the road from Dublin to Belfast. Long ago this road from the turnpike to the castle was the entrance to the castle where the bishop lived.There is a road on the left hand side at the turnpike which used to be the main road. There is a little road which goes from the main and joins this road, it is called the well road because Saint Colmcille's is a the bottom of it.On the right hand there is a road called Malahide road because it leads from Swords to Malahide. It is about three miles long.

In olden times when people had no hooks they used to catch the fish with thorns. When swallowed the bait the hook caught in their throats. The fishermen of Malahide used to catch the fish on lines about one mile long. There was a hook in every six feet of the line. Then they used nets but the had no boats, They attached rope to a horse and a man got on his back and rode around in aring on the river-bank or shore and then they pulled the nets in.

Mr O'Shea,
Springfield,
Malahide.Maeve O'Shea,
Springfield,
Malahide.

Local Roads.
The names of the roads round the district of Kinsealy are as follows. Black's Road which is facing my house in Feltrim leads to the main road of Malahide.
Another road is the Feltri Rd whcih leads on to the Swords Rd. and from the Swords Rd to the Malahide Rd.
Another road is the Bell Camp road which is reached by a field. At the back of my house there is a little boreen which leads into a field, in which there is a large lake which is covered over with wooden planks.
It leads to Bell Camp Road and leads from Bell Camp

Long ago once in Malahide there was a bungalow swept off the banks. While some men were rooting for some things out of the sand, they found some big bones and they thought that they were bones of an Elk. Many naturalists came from the Museum and examined the bones and while the naturalists were examining the bones one man shouted out that long ago"his father buried his ould horse there."

to contain the remains of some warrior killed in this battle.Another hill in the Burrow is known as Chapelbank. On this was a church and graveyard. Some of the graves still remainA well in the Burrow whose waters are supposed to cure is St Macuddies Well.On the coast at Portrane between "The Tower" opposite Lambay and the one known as "Kings Tower" near the Malahide end are many high cliffs at the foot of which are numerous caves - a few of which are famous in the district - Priest's Chamber - Chink Well, Bleeding Pig and Mermaid's Churn.Priest's Chamber is not far from the Tower on the Malahide side. Here, during Penal Times, a priest found shelter and said Mass. The rocks inside this cave give an impression of an altar with a priest saying Mass.Chink Well is nearby at the foot of very steep cliffs. The water from this well is supposed to be a

St Catherine's Well.
St Catherine's well is situated on the towns-land of St Dolough's. It lies about one hundred off the Malahide road. It is quite convenient to the churc-h and grave-yard. To approach the well one has to go down a number of steps on the wall. And when he arrives he finds himself in a stone roofed building. On the south side he sees a crude alter where the priests used to say mass in the penal when they were forbidden by the law to do so.
It is well worth a visit to this historic place as there is another well close at hand called St. Dolough's well and the church also has its history as it is of roof to. St. Catherine's well at the present time it is filled with water, which was used for given cattle drinks but in summer time one can reach the inside without difficul-ties. Their is a cure for sore eyes in the water of one of the wells.William Redmond,
Kinsaley Lane,
Malahide.
Co Dublin,