School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)

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1. Roads (continued)

   

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   Mountain Pass from Killavoy, Banteer across Mount Hillary to Gortmore School. Mountain Pass from Derry, by Duggan’s to Banteer School. Road from Old Bridge Ballymaquirk through Taaffe’s Inch – (Gilson Taaffe was supposed to bring over £1,000 in gold from America, in a belt around his waist and when President of America was passing through Banteer Station to Killarney, Gilson approached him saying “Hallo! I worked for your father” President’s father was railway contractor in America)

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2. Local Poets

   

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   John Christmas Deady, a famous poet and scholar was born in Kanturk about 1845. His father, Jeremiah Deady owned flour mills in Glantane, Lombardstown.
   His mother, Mary O’Connell, was a native of Lombardstown, Co. Cork.
   John Christmas intended to be a priest and was educated at Mount Melleray. He did not however take Holy Orders but returned to Kanturk and established a general business there. He was also an auctioneer. He was an acquaintance of Isaac Butt, Lord Lansdowne and many other well-known men of his time.

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