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   St Assam.
   Many years ago a great saint lived in the village of Raheny. He was called St Assam.
   Where a great gentry house now stands is his monastery. It is a large type of building with large windows and a huge door. It is built of pure stone and has a large garden attached to it. It lies about one mile from Coolock.
   On the estate is a lake - full of speckled trout and pike and other fish. Along the lake is a river which runs from Santry. If you look in across the wall you can see a bell where the labours were called in out of the fields on the monastery farm.
   At the farm their is a lot of barnes and out houses where the monks hid during large raids on the monastery. Along the wood is a well. In the wood all sorts of wild flowers grow during the summer. There is a long path running from the monastery to Coolock church. Some of the path is blotted out. Before the road was built this was the way the monks went.
   About a quarter of a mile from the garden the well is situated. In this well is a stone with all the monks names on it. It was shifted from the roadside to the hollow.

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Raheny, Co. Dublin

   Collector

   William Redmond

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kinsealy Lane, Co. Dublin