Die-hards ignore B and T Office
27 Oct 1922The butter buttons referred to in this column reminds a correspondent of the Tongue fields, where a button manufactory flourished fifty years ago, with waterpower from the River Poddle. This stream, which rises in the Dublin Mountains, is divided by a stone structure in the shape of a tongue at Kimmage. Portion of the water is diverted down Harold’s Cross, while the other section proceeds by Dolphin’s Barn, Marrowbone lane, Pimlico, Blackpltts, and into the Liffey, near Grattan Bridge. In the 18th century the Bomville family had rights over this water. Their relative, Lord Santry, was about to be hanged for murder when they threatened to cut off this water supply from Dublin if their kinsman was so badly treated. So Lord Santry was not hanged.
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