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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Mhic Treóin (roll number 967)

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New Ross, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sr M.R. Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
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  1. Old Stories of Saint Mary's Abbey

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    There is a tradition about Saint Mary's that there is an underground passage from the Abbey to Mountgarret castle through which a piper went and he never came back. If you went to the place in the night at twelve o'clock you would hear him playing the piper's tune still.
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    Once upon a time, a man was climbing the steeple to take down the cross which surrmounted the Abbey. As he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Breen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Bewley Street, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr P. Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bewley Street, Co. Wexford