Journal 1 – 1983

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CONTENTS INCLUDE: The Tullow Line by Cora Crampton; Tales from a Drowned Land (memories of the Poulaphouca Dam, 1930s) by Martin J. Kelly; Golden Fort and the Saunders Family by Geoffrey Marescaux de Saubruit; A Saunders elopement by Geoffrey Marescaux de Saubruit; Baltinglass Convent by Sister Therese Morrissey; Brandubh (a Wicklow biography no. 1) by Paul Gorry; St. Kevin (a Wicklow biography no. 2) by Maria Brosnan; St. Laurence O’Toole (a Wicklow biography no. 3) by Dorothy Leonard;  Walter de Riddelesford (a Wicklow biography no. 4) by Dorothy Leonard;  The family of Michael Dwyer by Paul Gorry; Linen and cotton printing at Stratford-on-Slaney, Co. Wicklow (part 1) by Paul Baker; A visit to Knockpatrick Hill by Dorothy Leonard; God’s Acre: Burial-Ground at Chapel Hill, Baltinglass by Sister Therese Morrissey; St. Mary’s Church and Rectory, past and present by Verena Wilson; V. Rev. Dr. Denis Kane, P.P., V.G., (1822-1883) by Sister Therese Morrissey; Parish of Ballymore-Eustace, 1791 by William Hawkes; The Valentine Family (part 1) by Paul Gorry and Anthony E.S. Valentine; Another Life: Joe Toomey’s memories of turf and stone cutting etc., by Maria Brosnan;  ‘The Chapel at Kilamoate’, a poem by Tom Kelly; Index to the Coolattin Estate emigration records, 1847-56 part 1 (A to C) by Paul Gorry; Extracts from the Turtle Manuscripts contributed by Paul Gorry.