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 rss liistorii-al residences seatlered over as ileliiclilfnl 



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>c r.Miiul .m\ wlu'rr in ilu' lOiiiily 

 ii;i- ilsi'lt was once llu- resilience 

 ill- liu' l'iior\' o\cv the way was 

 (i iiiiil. I'lninet w.is a freqiienl 

 aiul a eerlaiii path in the 

 II known as " ICnnnet's Walk. " 

 In- is Marlay, and dun a little to the north by the 

 1 as it crosses the highway is the old comilry 

 house of the iu)loiions " Huck " Whaley of the 

 Reifeiu y days. Tlu- school grouiuls cover an 

 area ol' fifiy acres of well-drained, rich drift 

 lyinjc the carboniferous limestone 

 lal here betfins to rise, and al near distance 

 s out into the roui^li bracken- and furze- 

 covered hills Ihal lead still higher to the 

 granitic Three-rock, Kilmashogue, and Tick- 

 nock mountains. The grounds are well 

 watereil by a nois)- stream that races down 

 fioin the hills to spread itself out into ,'i 

 picliiri'sc|ui', island-studded lake not far from 

 le house. Here are found charming semi- 

 ilural water ganloiis skirted by a mixeil 

 ood that encircles llu- whole demesne. 



he cultivated gardens cover an areaof fne 

 acres. They lie on the north side 

 of the house beyond a wide lawn 

 bordered with trees, shrubs, and 

 tlowers. :uk1 made additionally 

 attractive by the presence of an 

 artificial fountain and extensive 

 water basin. The gardens include 

 flower and vegetable gardens, 

 grounds, conservatories, 

 gicenliouses, vine and peach 

 ouses, piopagating pits, and all 

 u^ other conveniences and neces- 

 a well-equipped country 

 1. Here the boys are 

 practical gardening as a 

 omplimentary subject to labor- 

 lory work and out-door demon- 

 ti-alions in biology and nature 

 tudy. ']"lie boys work for a 

 ci-Miain numbi'i" of 

 hours a week with 

 llu" gardeners, just 

 as apprentices would 

 do, until they are (It 

 to take charge of 

 individual plots on 

 their own rcsponsi- 

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The Garden. Sout 

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a lo\e for 

 pursuits. 



Tw enly-live acres 

 of open ground are 

 given over to the 

 lads as hurling antl 

 football fields, and as 



