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School: Tullamore (St. Brigid's)

Location:
Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Sheehy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0806, Page 06

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    burned the thatch of all the houses.
    The people then built big, stron, nice houses. A man called " Moore who owned all the land around Tullamoore intended to build his castle in Henry St. but he changed his mind ? and he built it in Charleville.
    Long ago the Parochial House was a hotel called the Grand Canal Hotel, and the ticket office is near our school.
    Tullamoore means the district of O'Moore, because a man called O'Moore possessed all the land around the town.
    When the railway was extended from Portarlington to Cloomich Daingean ceased
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Tullamore, Co. Offaly
    Collector
    John O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corndarragh, Co. Offaly