School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 157
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- (continued from previous page)Flann but the forgeiners came along and burned it, as often as it was repaired. The old writers tell us it was it was repaired in 1370 by a MacDermott of Roscommon, 1460 by the Dean of Clonmacnois - Odo, and 1647 by Rev. Charles Coughlan. In 1649 Cromwell's soldiers burned it and robbed it of all its precious treasures. So since then it is in ruins. Inside those ruined walls are buried the Coghlans of this district. They were the great ruling clan of this parish.
It is also said that King Rory O' Connor the last King of Ireland is buried on one side of where the altar used to be and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Darcy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Master Molloy
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
