Ordnance Survey Letters: Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the County of Down Collected During the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1834. Down |
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... parish schoolmaster , Robert McVeagh , a man of great literary acquirements and a native of the Parish , pronounced the names as he had heard them from his Grandfather . Irish had been spoken in the parish in his memory . At Moira , Mr ...
... parish schoolmaster , Robert McVeagh , a man of great literary acquirements and a native of the Parish , pronounced the names as he had heard them from his Grandfather . Irish had been spoken in the parish in his memory . At Moira , Mr ...
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... Parish in his time . I am glad to hear that O'Keeffe is getting on well . M1 Petrie is the only man to manage him . I remain here until I hear from you , and in the mean time I get on with the surrounding parishes , but I am anxious to ...
... Parish in his time . I am glad to hear that O'Keeffe is getting on well . M1 Petrie is the only man to manage him . I remain here until I hear from you , and in the mean time I get on with the surrounding parishes , but I am anxious to ...
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... parish , a very old man , but as he has been here only four years he knows very little about the names or localities of the parish . He referred me to Mr Creevy , the parish Schoolmaster , who is a native of the parish of Moira and a ...
... parish , a very old man , but as he has been here only four years he knows very little about the names or localities of the parish . He referred me to Mr Creevy , the parish Schoolmaster , who is a native of the parish of Moira and a ...
Contents
Michael Herity John ODonovan | vii |
Donal OConnor and Foreword to | xliii |
John ODonovan Letters from County Down | 5 |
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