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School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber

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Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Máire Galvin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 129

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    There is a stone in Cantwell Street, Kilcolgan, in the Parish of Ferbane, Offaly. There is the track of a man's foot in the stone. Tradition says that there is where the church was from which the townland of Kilcolgan got is name.
    There is a standing stone in Ballylin, in the parish of Ferbane, Offaly. It is shaped like a man's head and body. There is a peculiar stone in Kilrehan in memory of the dead. There is a compass and two knees crossed and three of the family of the King of Ballylin are buried there.

    The Castle of Kilcolgan.
    The Kilcolgan castle was in the year of 1649; and it was burnt the same year. One of the Mac Coughlans turned protestant as no catholic could be owner
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Chuinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballydaly, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coole, Co. Offaly