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School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)

Location:
Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Nora Lally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 260

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  3. XML “Moylough Castle”
  4. XML “The Abbey of Athenry”
  5. XML “Cnoc na mBua”

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  1. Moylough Castle (continued)

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    from Aughrim +Tadhg Mór Gallach (O'Kelly) from Castleblakney were first cousins of Tadhg Mór from Mullaghmore and (if) of O'Loughlin O'Kelly, who lived in Moylough Castle. They were said to be the three best Tadhgs in Ireland.
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  2. The Abbey of Athenry

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    At Athenry the ruins of a Dominican Abbey reminds us that it too was made illustrious by its history and its friars. It was erected in 1241 by a Lord Bermingham called in Irish Mac Feorais.
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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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Timothy Burke
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Galway

  3. Cnoc na mBua

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    This hill may be seen to the west of the school. About one and a half miles from this are the ruins of a monastery (Abbeyknockboy). This was built in
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    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)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Teresa Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Timothy Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Galway