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School: Clarecastle (C.)

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Clarecastle, Co. Clare
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Aoife Ní Mhíodhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 471

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  1. A Story of the Holy Family (continued)

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    it look like a disused barn. When the soldiers came and saw the doorway covered with cobwebs, they said no one entered here for a long, long, time, look at the cobwebs. They went their way without searching the barn where the Holy Family lay in hiding.
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  2. Historical Tradition

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    It is stated that after the breaking up of the confederation of Kilkenny, by Cromwells soldiers that the confederates held a meeting in the Old Castle of Clare.
    It is also understood that Ireton the commander of the Cromwellians stayed for some time in the same Castle on his way from Limerick to Galway. It was during this journey that Clare Castle suffered most. Abbeys, Monasteries and houses of the Catholics were burned.
    In this District there is the ruin of an old house which was
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Costello
    Gender
    Female