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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Inis (roll number 16677)

Location:
Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Lionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 239

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  1. A Story of an Old Ruin

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    About three miles north of Ennis stands an old ruin situated in a lonely spot called Killone.
    It was founded by Donal OBrien in the year 1190. In 1649 when Cromwell's army destroyed all the Monasteries and beautiful Churches, Killone Abbey met with the same fate. Its beautiful walls of Roman structure were burned. There is nothing to be seen now but an old ruin inside of which are many graves of Parishioners.
    A Protestant family by the name of McDonnell lived in a beautiful residence north
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Muineacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonroad More, Co. Clare