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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 479

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    about five miles north of Swords. He came to a place called Graisedue where there was a convent occupied by nuns. Cromwell murdered those nuns and I am told that their cries could be heard in Rome for mercy. He also burned the convent to the ground.
    The foundation of this convent is just barely to be seen this day.

    Told by his father to;
    Matt McGuinness
    Belcamp
    Co. Dublin
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Matt Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Belcamp, Co. Dublin