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School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

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Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
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Máire Ní Gharaidh
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  1. Aughry Castle - An Old Ruin

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    On the banks of the Shannon not far from the place where I reside. The castle was built in the year 1629.
    Squire Reynolds was the occupant and after about twenty years Cromwell came and knocked it down in the year 1650.
    It was said that Cromwell took many valuable things from it among which was an arm chair worth £90
    After that the Squire Reynolds family scattered through Ireland and there is some of them to be had still.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Aughry Castle

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    On the banks of the Shannon in Aughry stands an old ruin. It once belonged to a man named Squire Reynolds. It was one of the biggest
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maise Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Furnace or Bleankillew, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mick Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Furnace or Bleankillew, Co. Leitrim