by Rocker » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:05 am
Enviro,
I forgot about dem but no one quite says Wickla like the people from Wicklow and to think that me with me Blackrock accent ( which is very flat too) only found out last year that my rock lot on maternal and paternal sides came from Wicklow. I thought it wouldbe a hard slog getting to DunLaoghaire in those days but I got a look at the Powerscourt Estate papers in the National Library and a coach went most days from the Estate to DunLaoghaire.Probably bringing guests and provisions to and from the boats, but, I'm sure plebs could travel topside! Those papers are facinating it gave details of the servants and the pensions they got and their jobs. Mind bogeling someone spent years building walls around the estate!
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