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School: Offerlane (roll number 13158)

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Tigh na Coille, Co. Laoise
Teacher:
Liam de Chléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 269

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    length is 20 feet and its width is 14 feet. The walls are at least 3 feet thick. A door is now closed up in the south gable led into the chapel.
    Shrhane is a townsland in this parish. It contains a ruin of an old castle which was built by the normans. Its length is 10 yarfs and its width is 7 yards. The walls are four feet thick.
    There is also the remains of a monastery there. It is two fields away from the castle. Near is there a ridge sixty feet high and one hundred and twenty yards wide and the boat shaped depression in which the monastery is stood is 100 yards wide.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ethel Mc Court
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crannach, Co. Laoise