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School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)

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Dring, Co. Longford
Teacher:
James Drum
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0762, Page 212

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    There are old ruins of a very old monastery on Inch Island, built 1,350 years ago, owned by monks, some of the first that came to Ireland. It was attacked by Danes several times, but they did not succeed.
    It was abandoned 1,150 years ago. All the monks, except one, died, and he was taken away to Co. Limerick.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Ballinulty Lower, Co. Longford
    Informant
    James Flood
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Ballinrooey, Co. Longford