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School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

Location:
Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 183

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  1. The Parish of Calry

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    The parish of Calry, in which portion of the town of Sligo is situates, takes its name from Calrigia, a district which formerly included a considerable portion of the Co. Leitrim. Like all other places about Sligo, it is romantically situated, with the Coolageoboy and Cashelgal mountains on one side and Lough Gill on the other. In this parish are situated the ruins of Willowbrook (within a hundred yards of this school. . Willowbrook Castle was built in 1730 on a picturesque site with a fine prospect of Lough GIll + the mountain ranges of Leitrim and Sligo. Close by
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