School: Ballyroan (Convent) (roll number 1556)
- Location:
- Ballyroan, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mother Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 279
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- (continued from previous page)where a new school has been provided under attended regulations.
Ballyroan also boasts of a moat. It is cone-shaped in appearance and ascends to a considerable height. It is circular in form and flat on top.
Here a castle is thought to have been, as on the margin of a loose folio vellum manuscript in Trinity College there is a note in Irish which states that Conal the son of David O Moore, King of Leix re-erected the Castle of Dunamace and built the castle of "Baile Atha na Roine" - supposed to have been a mistake for an Irish rendering of Ballyroan.
A winding pathway or terraced passage winds around the sides to the topmost peak an from the lower level. A deep trencl [?] surrounds the raised enclosure which is planted over with trees.It presents a very picturesque appearance beside the village.
According to tradition there is a(continues on next page)
