School: Dromina, Ráth Luirc (roll number 11262)
- Location:
- Dromina, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Daniel Hishon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 345
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This Church of the brothers is about a mile from the village. There now is a graveyard, but there was unquestionably a monastery in it. Some of the most learned monks are supposed to have resided there. It is believed to be one of the last churches destroyed by Cromwell’s soldiers. The monks thinking that they had left the district rang the bells of the monastery. The soldiers who were in Ballyhea heard it and returned to destroy the monastery. There is a Mass rock at Coolafoure near(continues on next page)
