School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)rushes. These were dipped in grease and they lit brightly. Of course they had to be replaced during the night.
They had little wire or metal stands. These lights were called dips. - In the penal days Cromwell's soldiers came out from Athlone to Bethlem and plundered the convent.
One of the soldiers knocked at the gate and said he was a friar going to Mullingar and he wanted a nights lodging. The nun opened the gate and all the soldiers burst in and put the nuns out on(continues on next page)- Collector
- Elsie Wilson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Coolaleena, Co. Westmeath