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School: Ballinree, Nenagh (roll number 15560)

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Ballinree, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Patrick Ahern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0536, Page 236

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    (continued from previous page)
    what more reasonable than to suppose the Danes came up the Shannon, landed somewhere round Dromineer, and tried to ford the river at this point within half a mile or of their objective.
    Father Gleeson in his history gives Castle Wellington Ballymackey as an Omeara Castle, but William Gleeson blacksmith Killowney now nearby, 86 years of age contradicts this and says it was an OKennedy Castle, that the Omeara Castle is the one on Murphys farm at Ballymackey.
    The Gleeson from whom & heard tales recorded on pages 35 to 36 died in 1894 aged 84.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Ahern
    Occupation
    Principal