- Authors:
- 5th Class St. Matthew's N.S.
- Sources:
- Various books, interviews, and websites.
- Collections:
- Categories:
- Livelihood and Household support
- Sub Categories:
- Old Schools
- Local Place-names
- Local Poets
- My Home District
- Local Monuments
- Old Houses
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.
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 ...
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.