School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Sráid an Mhuilinn (roll number 2278)

Location:
Millstreet, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 198

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 198

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    The late Lady Beaumont, whose first husband was a Wallace, put this Castle in perfect repair.
    In or about 1882 the Drishane estate went into the Court of Chancery on the application of some Insurance Companies where it remained until 1912, when the property was sold before Judge Ross to Mr. Stack of Fermoy, from whom through a Mr. Cornelieus Duggan of Cork Drishane was sold to its present possessors - the Dames of St. Maur - a French Order of Teaching Sisters known also as "The Congregation of the Holy Child Jesus" or known locally as "The Drishane Nuns.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kate O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millstreet, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mary O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    94
    Address
    Millstreet, Co. Cork