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School: Killough (roll number 9540)

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Killulagh, Co. Westmeath
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    About a quarter of a mile from the present chapel of Killoolagh there is an old ruins. Old people say that it is the ruins of a Monastery. It was built on a hill. How long since it had been built is not known. It is said that a community of "White Friars" lived there.
    It is said that Cromwell's soldiers fired shots at the bell in Killoolagh and that it flew to this Monastery.
    Mary Anne Callan,
    Williamstown,
    Caddagh,
    Mullingar
    20 . 7 . 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
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    Collector
    Mary Anne Callan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Williamstown (Briscoe), Co. Westmeath