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Inn opened.—Melesina St. George.—John Christy settles at Irishtown.—His naval visitor.—Vain sports and places of diversion.—Dissolution of Ballitore school.—Pensive reflections —————— 279 to 309

Marriage of James White and Lydia Shackleton.—Ballitore School re-opened.—Lorenzo Dow. John Pim of London.—Michael Kearney.—Patrick Rogers.—A friend of the Burke family. A widowed mother.—Happy lovers.—First vacation in Ballitore school.—A Danish mound.—More old Ballitore boys. The Le Fanu family.—A heavenly vision.—A good Samaritan.—Harrington of Grangecon.—Mrs. Trench visits Ballybarney. The jubilee.—A straw-plaiting school established. How Maria Edgeworth did not visit Ballitore.—Spread of education.—Spontaneous combustion.—The Bonhams settle in the village.— Death of Lydia White —————— 310 to 333

Thomas Wray a "handsome Quaker."—Departure and return of Susy O'Hara.—A prisoner of war.—The rich woman of Ballybarney.—A new rector.—Notices of Burke and Beaconsfield.—The school library.—Arrival of the Grattan family, and anecdotes of Thomas Wilkinson.—The Duke of Leinster visits the village.—Death of Pat Rogers in an English prison.—A charitable fund established.—The great snow.—Tale of Carlow Castle.—Visit of Judge Day.—News of the proclamation of peace.—William Robinson, the new usher.—Joyful return of Joseph Williams from a French prison.—Results of the war.—A luminous arch.—Fearful storm and fall of a great ivy tree in the school garden.—Charitable bequests of the Keatinge family.—Illness and death of William Robinson.—Juvenile Magazine.—Visit from some of the Edgeworth family.—Misfortunes of