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At the entrance to the '''Crow's Nest''' field is a great depression which is the venue of one of the earliest [[Boy Scout|Scout]] attempts to provide a swimming pool at Larch Hill. This area rejoices in the name "Matthews's Folly", so called after the then Director the campsite Mr. Nicholas Matthews, who undertook the ill-fated venture, which was undertaken during the 1940s. | At the entrance to the '''Crow's Nest''' field is a great depression which is the venue of one of the earliest [[Boy Scout|Scout]] attempts to provide a swimming pool at Larch Hill. This area rejoices in the name "Matthews's Folly", so called after the then Director the campsite Mr. Nicholas Matthews, who undertook the ill-fated venture, which was undertaken during the 1940s. | ||
The pool that exists on the river Glin, which is a [[tributary]] of the Little Dargle, at the lower end of the estate, was built under the directorship of Paudge O'Broin, and was a much better and more enduring effort, though it is also now abandoned. The river Glin comes from the [[valley]] between Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains, this valley is known as '''Kelly's Glen'''. During the 1800s residents of Dublin would travel to the glen to sample the waters, which were reputed to have a strong mineral content, at a [[destination spa|spa]] which was situated in the upper part of the | The pool that exists on the river Glin, which is a [[tributary]] of the Little Dargle, at the lower end of the estate, was built under the directorship of Paudge O'Broin, and was a much better and more enduring effort, though it is also now abandoned. The river Glin comes from the [[valley]] between Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains, this valley is known as '''Kelly's Glen'''. During the 1800s residents of Dublin would travel to the glen to sample the waters, which were reputed to have a strong mineral content, at a [[destination spa|spa]] which was situated in the upper part of the glen. | ||
== Inhabitants, traditions and novelties == | == Inhabitants, traditions and novelties == | ||
