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

Location:
Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 159

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  1. Old Graveyards (continued)

    “There are four graveyards in our barony but the most important of them is Kilronan, within whose walls lie interred the remains of O'Carolan the last of the Irish bards.”

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    huge rock is till to be seen and on each side of it are the enormous fingerprints of the giant.
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  2. Local Landlords

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    The family of landlords which was in the district was the Ffolit family. They came over from England, and evicted the people from the good lands, and drove them into the mountains. This is now they got the land which they were in possession of for about two hundred years.
    Lieutenant Ffolliott was landlord first for about eighty years,
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patty Monaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Crescent, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Mc Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon