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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 085

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  1. The Penal Days (continued)

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    that they were living in this cave so they went and burned the monastery. But luckily enough there was another opening to the cave and the monks escaped. The Priest hunters thought they had them burned.
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  2. In the Penal Days

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    "Oh weep those days, those penal days
    When Ireland helplessly complained".
    There are many things in this district that remind us of those terrible penal days. In Monaghanstown in the parish of Castletown-Geoghegan near Lough Ennel there is a monastery in which the monks lived and in which the priests said Mass during the penal days. There is a cave running under the ground from the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Davy Lynam
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Lynam
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Westmeath