School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)

Location:
Knocklong, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 056

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    and it was later dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Geoffrey was king's lieutenant in Ireland for a long time.
    The ruins of the Abbey still remain. length 86ft. breadth 22 ft. The walls over twenty feet high and 5 ft thick. There were two pointed windows on the east gable. One of them which was destroyed and recently restored. There were 5 windows in South Wall and 2 in V. Wall. The ruins of a square tower as wide as the church and ? feet long still remain. in a niche on the north side of the High altar is the tomb of a knight (Probably the founder) and also the effigies of another knight and his lady. On the south side is another effigy of a knight.
    Aeneas O Heffernan the last Preceptor was made Bishop of Emily. He surrendered the house in 1543 and received a pension of £28.16.8 (Now equal to over £430)
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    In 1641-42 Hospital castle was besieged one of the workers Joan Lisse hid in the church pulpit but he was discovered and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Hospital, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Teresa Curtis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocklong, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Cann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocklong, Co. Limerick