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School: Clonmacnoise

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Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
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P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 141

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    The monks had round towers for defensive purposes. In Clonmacnois are two round towers - St Finian's and O Rourke's towers.
    When the monks saw the enemy coming it is said that they used to boil big pots of water and bring the pots into the towers. The monks had a wooden floor at the top of the tower and used to go up a ladder to the floor. Then they would throw down the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mac Evoy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Patrick Flannery
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly