School: Bellewstown (roll number 1120)
- Location:
- Bellewstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Uinsionn Ó Draghneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 002
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- During the Anglo Irish wars Clongowes Castle was besiged by the English. The owner Wogan Brown saw that there was no chance for the Castle and if the English soldiers got in they would kill him.
The only way left to him to escape was through a secret passage which would lead him out under the castle
