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Title:	Jimmy Lee Storyteller
Authors:	South Dublin County Council Lee, Jimmy South Dublin Libraries Local Studies
Keywords:	Glassamucky Reminiscences of schooldays School Inspectors School during the troubles in 1920s Farm work entertainment - dancing cards and coin toss steam tram Ghost stories will-o-the-wisp - glow worms bridogue house to house in February all night dancing priest’s approval of St. Bridget’s dances Irish mythology Coffin Stone Seefin Seechon named after Fionn MacCumhail / Fin McCool Water works graveyard with “Stranger’s Corner” gravestone inscription missing names of streams in Glassamucky Poem about the Carney United Irishmen hanging mentions Lundy Foot Dan Donnelly Recollection of Robert Emmet’s Rathfarnham house being demolished
Issue Date:	4-Sep-2012
Description:	Jimmy talks about his youth in Glassamucky—schooldays in the valley—lack of School holidays—teachers— school inspectors—School during the troubles in 1920s—Farm work—entertainment dancing cards and coin toss— steam tram—Ghost stories—will-o-the-wisp—glow worms—bridogue house to house in February—all night dancing—priest’s approval of St. Bridget’s dances—Irish mythology—Coffin Stone—Seefin Seechon named after Fionn MacCumhail—Water works—graveyard with “Stranger’s Corner” gravestone inscription missing—townlands and their names—names of streams in the area—Smiths as last Irish speakers in the area—Poem about the Carney United Irishmen hanging mentions Lundy Foot—Dan Donnelly lived nearby—recollection of Robert Emmet’s house being demolished in Rathfarnham. Panning shots of the valley
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10599/9290
Copyright:	South Dublin Libraries Local Studies
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