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Letting in the Light

  • Curator: méabh
  • February 22, 2018
  • 3 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

This is the fictional diary of a young girl in Aghlem,county Mayo during the rural electrification in Ireland.

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  • Méabh
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  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
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  • The Community
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  • Local Happenings
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Getting in the light

  • Curator: toby
  • February 22, 2018
  • 3 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

this is a story of when electrification comes to a town in Roscommon and changes a boys life forever.

  • Authors:
  • Toby Bond
  • Sources:
  • esbarchives.ie then there was light photos and video.
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  • The Community
  • Historical Tradition
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  • Local Happenings
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Getting In The Lite

  • Curator: christopher
  • February 22, 2018
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

My Story About The ESB

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  • The Amazing Christopher Admirand
  • Sources:
  • https://esbarchives.ie/
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  • The Community
  • Human Life
  • Historical Tradition
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  • An Old Story
  • Old Irish Tales
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The History of Dublin 4

  • Curator: David McAndrew
  • October 27, 2017
  • 10 Pages
  • School: Sn Paroiste Maitiu Nfa

5th class have been researching our school and areas of interest in the local area. We have spoken to family members, members of the local community and our local historical society.

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  • 5th Class St. Matthew's N.S.
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  • Various books, interviews, and websites.
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  • Livelihood and Household support
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  • Old Schools
  • Local Place-names
  • Local Poets
  • My Home District
  • Local Monuments
  • Old Houses
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The First Irish Coffee

  • Curator: Noel OConnell
  • July 19, 2017
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Scoil Na Mbraithre

A letter from a gentleman who sampled the first Irish coffee in Foynes, Co. Limerick.

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  • Pádraig Vaughan
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  • Visit to Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Co. Limerick.
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  • Human Life
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  • An Old Story
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The Desmond Hall Newcastle West Co. Limerick

  • Curator: Noel OConnell
  • July 18, 2017
  • 5 Pages
  • School: Scoil Na Mbraithre

A brief history of the Fitzgeralds of Desmond and their castle in Newcastle West.

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  • Pádraig Vaughan
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  • Guided tour and information given at the castle itself.
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  • Historical Tradition
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  • Local Monuments
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School and Country Life in the 1930s

  • Curator: dermot dillon
  • July 02, 2017
  • 3 Pages
  • School: St. Colman's N S

98 year old local man recalls his schooldays in the 1930s; walking to school in his feet, saving turf with the slane, playing "banging buttions" at break time, brown bread and milk in a glass bottle for lunch and fetchin ...

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  • Tom Finn and David O'Gara http://irishfamily.toweyclan.com/
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  • http://irishfamily.toweyclan.com/ Cloontia Families http://www.fisfilmproject.ie/film-archive/fff/
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  • Livelihood and Household support
  • The Community
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  • Games I Play
  • My Home District
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Stories from 'In-Home'

  • Curator: Aoife McDonnell
  • March 22, 2019
  • 11 Pages
  • School: Portumna Community School

Pages include the myths and stories of what it was like growing up in the place called 'In-Home' Narrated by father of interviewer. Born in 1950 and had 8 siblings older than him.

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  • Authors to the story have expressed a quest to remain unnamed.
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  • Verbal record from the man who wishes to remain without a name. Photography from the house visited.
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  • Livelihood and Household support
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  • An Old Story
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Sam Maguire

  • Curator: H O Connell
  • January 02, 2017
  • 6 Pages
  • School: Togher N S

The name on the All- Ireland football trophy is well known all over Ireland and yet few people know who Sam Maguire was. Learn about Sam Maguire - from Dunmanway, Co. Cork.

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  • Helen O Connell
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  • The Community
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  • Local Monuments
  • Local Ruins
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A Story of Trams: From Old to New

  • Curator: Karl Meehan
  • December 13, 2016
  • 13 Pages
  • School: St. Thomas Junior N S

Major changes have occurred in the tram network over the last century. This story looks at the old Dublin and Blessington Steam Tram and the new modern tram system known as the Luas.

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  • Room 5, Second Class
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  • The Dublin and Blessington Steam Tram: A Pictorial and Social History by Aidan Cruise. Proud to Live in Tallaght: An activity book for pupils in Tallaght schools by Dublin West Education Centre. www.luas.ie http://gofree.indigo.ie/~nigelo/dbstframes.htm http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/transport/dublin-blessington-steam-/ http://www.luascrosscity.ie/
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  • Communications and Trade
  • The Community
  • Human Life
  • Time
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  • My Home District
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