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History
of Killeshin and Graiguecullen
by Peadar Mac Suibhne (Father Peter Swayne)
p 37-38
Harristown Hedge School - The first school Miss Dunny went to was in Harristown. It was a vacant farmhouse owned by Andy Rooney, who was a first cousin of the late Most Rev. Dr. Comerford. Any Rooney's sons and daughters attended the school...
Margaret Cummins, called by the children Miss Cummins, taught the school. There were over twenty pupils, boys and girls. They sat on planks laid on big stones around the walls. There was a table and chair for the mistress. School lasted from about 10 till 3. They were allowed out to eat their lunch about mid-day...
They were taught reading, writing, arithmetic and catechism; they were taught geography also, as she remembers the maps; she cannot place grammer. There were no books that Miss Dunny remembers, only "Reading Made Easy," used by her sister, and she herself had a Primer with paper cover. She remembers learning how to write - she remembers making m's and n's. Quill pens were used. She has some quill pens still. Miss Dunny went to this school for about a year. Miss Cummins, who was about twenty or thirty years of age, went to U.S.A., and the school was broken up.
p 78-79 Andrew Farrell, Crossneen (See Farrells and Cummins in
Miscellany section)
p 108-125
Primary Valuation of Tenements
Townland of Ardateggle
Lot No. 41 a & b - Andrew Cummins and Michael Cummins, leased from Jas. Fitzmaurice, Esq., House and land
Townland of Cappanaboe
Lot No. 1 b - Elizabeth Cummins, leased from John Murphy, House and garden
Townland of Graigue
Lot No. 22 b - Mary Cummins, leased from Thomas Byrne, House and garden
Town of Graigue, Church Street
No. 30 - Thomas Commins, leased from Adam Jackson, Esq., House, yard and small garden
Townland of Springhill
Lot No. 5 a - James Cummins, leased from Reps. Benj. Fisher, Esq., House and land
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Cummins
Families of County Carlow, Ireland