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School: Monaghan (Clochar Lughaidh) (roll number 359)

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Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Sr Déaglán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 249

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  2. The Round Towers

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    There are about eighty round towers in Ireland but there are only about twenty in good repair. Only the massons did their work so well we would not see any of of them now with the rain and snow and the storm beating on them for thousands of years. They were built in a round shape getting narrower as they go up to the top so narrow then that one stone
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Farlane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Listellan, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Bernard Mc Farlane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listellan, Co. Monaghan