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School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

Location:
Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 025

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    in the three places where she stood. Since then it is called the "Hag's Leap".
    Deerpark:- This is the name given to a place, which is situated on the verge of the Curlew mountains. It was once called the "Park of the Deer." In this district you can see the stone erected on the spot where Clifford, the English general, fell. In this place you can see the uncaged Eagle of the north- O'Donnell - prepared for his swoop, and the heart within you leaps as your eye follows adown the slope, the line of his victorious onset.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Drury
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boyle, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs K. O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boyle, Co. Roscommon