School: An Cluainín Uí Ruairc (C.) (roll number 10945)

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   each parent had. Ireland was famous for these schools and it was called the Island of "Saints and Scholars"

   

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2. Sir Fredrick Hamilton

   

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   Sir Fredrick Hamilton came to Ireland in the time of Cromwell. In the North of the town the ruins of his Castle are to be seen yet. He was a bad. He killed Priests, Nuns, and Catholics. There was a woman living near the Castle and she was a spy for Sir Fredrick Hamilton. When she would see the Catholic's coming from Mass she would tell him and he used to kill them. The hill which she watched is now called Shiela Mor's bray. The Castle was burned in the year 1641 by Murtack Mc Sharry and his men. Sir Fredrick was

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
   2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
      2. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa O' Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim