School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

Location:: Boyle, Co. Roscommon
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in the three places where she stood. Since then it is called the "Hag's Leap". Deerpark:- This is the name given to a place, which is situated on the verge of the Curlew mountains. It was once called the "Park of the Deer." In this district you can see the stone erected on the spot where Clifford, the English general, fell. In this place you can see the uncaged Eagle of the north- O'Donnell - prepared for his swoop, and the heart within you leaps as your eye follows adown the slope, the line of his victorious onset.
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Boyle or "Mainistir na Búille" : This is the name given to this town, and it got its name from the old monastery,

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