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Please visit our JOURNALS page to obtain Issue no. 2 of the West Wicklow Historical Society Journal as a FREE download.

CONTENTS INCLUDE: Appreciations: Paddy Byrne, William Gabriel Lyons and Tommy Bourne; Thomas Crampton – extracts from his diary of 1869 by Richard Douglas; Dunlavin per Slater’s Directory 1881 by John Lynott; Fiach Mac Hugh O’Byrne (No. 8. a Wicklow biography) by Cora Crampton; James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass (No. 9. a Wicklow biography) by Cora Crampton; Famine in Wicklow, 1846-7. Extracts from British Parliamentary papers by Maeve Baker; Irish-French Quaker connections during the 18th century by Margaret P. O’Hare; Marriage in Ireland before the Famine – a case study of Rathvilly Parish by Susan E. Hood; ‘Baltinglass of yesteryear’ a poem (1915) written by Ben Dwyer; Tinahely over the centuries; a brief history by Rev. Canon Henry V. Boake; The Hollywood highwayman- Captain James Freney by Dorothy Leonard; Bacon curing in Baltinglass in the early twentieth century by Maureen Darcy; Ballymore-Eustace – some historical notes by Michael Dore; Grangecon – a place remembered by Lil Moore; Index to the Coolattin Estate Emigration Records 1847-56 (part 3 – G to K) contributed by Paul Gorry. Four book reviews also included.