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a new beggining

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

when it first came

  • Authors:
  • izzy
  • Sources:
  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
  • Collections:
  • Categories:
  • Livelihood and Household support
  • The Community
  • Historical Tradition
  • Sub Categories:
  • An Old Story
  • Old Irish Tales
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When the light came

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

This is a story about an old man who lives in Arklow in the time of the light.

  • Authors:
  • saga
  • Sources:
  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
  • Collections:
  • Categories:
  • The Community
  • Human Life
  • Sub Categories:
  • An Old Story
  • Old Irish Tales
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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/
  • Collections:
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  • The Community
  • Human Life
  • Historical Tradition
  • Sub Categories:
  • 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.
  • 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
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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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  • Authors:
  • Pádraig Vaughan
  • Sources:
  • Guided tour and information given at the castle itself.
  • Collections:
  • Categories:
  • Historical Tradition
  • Sub Categories:
  • 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/
  • Sources:
  • http://irishfamily.toweyclan.com/ Cloontia Families http://www.fisfilmproject.ie/film-archive/fff/
  • Collections:
  • Categories:
  • Livelihood and Household support
  • The Community
  • Sub Categories:
  • Games I Play
  • My Home District
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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
  • Sub Categories:
  • 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.

  • Authors:
  • Room 5, Second Class
  • Sources:
  • 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
  • Sub Categories:
  • My Home District
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Some Monuments in the Area of Ballingeary

  • Curator: Liam
  • October 25, 2016
  • 8 Pages
  • School: Scoil Fionnbarra

This story shows some of the historical monuments local to Ballingeary, West Cork (Beal Atha Ghaorthaidh, Co Chorcai).

  • Authors:
  • Liam Ó Tuama
  • Sources:
  • Irish War Memorials - www.irishwarmemorials.ie, Cumann Staire Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh, Twomey Family
  • Collections:
  • Categories:
  • The Community
  • Sub Categories:
  • Local Monuments
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Changing Environment

  • Curator: AdamL
  • September 28, 2016
  • 5 Pages
  • School: Our Lady Of Wayside N S

Climate Change, urbanisation, and other factors are starting to have an effect on our natural world in 2016. This story covers elements of our natural environment, that we know are under threat and records them for revie ...

  • Authors:
  • AdamL
  • Sources:
  • Video, Internet, YouTube
  • Categories:
  • Settlement and Dwelling
  • Nature
  • Sub Categories:
  • Severe Weather
  • My Home District
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