School: Cloran (roll number 5282)

Location:
Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0371

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    was not always the case.
    It was inhabited by a great lord. It was entered by a magnificent white gate. When Cromwell came with his cannons and guns he dashed it to ruins from the Hill of Ward.
    Over across the road from this is a field called Kilaloss in which was an old churchyard.
    An old story relates that the people that were killed during the siege of the castle were buried here.
    This graveyard is situated about four yards from the main road, it is a mound of about thirty square yards, there is not trace of any stones there.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.