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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

Location:
Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 077

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    friary attached to it, which went into Anthony's yard. There is a palm-tree alongside the ruins which is said to be set by a friar. A story is told of a man who lived in the Convent where the nuns now live. A bough of the tree was hanging over the Convent and he got three men to cut it. While cutting it one man hurt his finger, another got a pain in his head, and another got caught in the gate which afterward caused their deaths. The man brought home the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Murrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Owning, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Owning, Co. Kilkenny