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    Monkstown.
    Many years ago Monkstown Church was an abbey. Then Cromwell came and besieged the abbey. The monks fled with all the sacred relics through secret tunnels and reached Monkstown Castle which was then a convent and warned the nuns of Cromwell's approach. The superioress of the convent refused to leave her room in the Convent as she was on retreat. The abbot also (stayed) remained with her. All the others fled through secret passages and were soon safe in a house in Rochestown Avenue.
    Not long afterwards Cromwells soldiers arrived at the Convent and ruthlessly murdered the superioress in her room,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles White
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sandycove, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Thomas Hennessy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr J. O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 70