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School: Birr (Mercy Convent)

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr. Flannan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 217

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 217

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  3. XML “Place Names - Leap Castle”
  4. XML “Place Names - The Gap of Glenadine”
  5. XML “Place Names - Killyon (Cill Liaine)”

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  1. Place Names - Leap Castle (continued)

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    Chief of Hui Deci:-
    "Hui Deci the goodly country of hills
    The extensive white mansioned land,
    A fertile country, closely adhered to by them (the Hy Deki))
    The hereditary estate of O'Banan".
    Aghacon is in Irish "Achadh na gCon", Ager Caenum, that is, "The Field of the Hounds".
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  2. Place Names - The Gap of Glenadine

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Nora Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    16
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly

  3. Place Names - Killyon (Cill Liaine)

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    Killyon (Cill Liadhain). At Killyon, St. Kieran founded a nunnery for his mother, Liadain. Some years ago considerable remains of this nunnery were standing. In 1847 there was opened an underground room, in which was found a curious iron key, and a number of peculiarly made bottles, besides broken drinking glasses. There was also dug up iron keys of antique shape, knives, sport horns, and a cooking hearth. This latter was in the middle of the
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