School: Clareen, Birr

Location:
Clareen, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 301

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 301

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  1. St. Kieran on his way to this place passed through Coolisheal. He came along the road that now leads from Roscrea to Boheraphuca past Boheraphuca chapel and over Aghagurty Bridge - then on to Loftus Bridge then over a road (that is now a kind of carway) on to the top of Bellhill. When he arrived at Bellhill the bell which St. Patrick had given him rang out.
    A hawthorn bush marks the spot where the bell rang. The bush is small, and never grows any bigger. The field in which Bellbush is belongs to Philip Pilkington, Bellhill.
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Larry Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killyon, Co. Offaly
  3. About 60 years ago or more a furnace was being put into the Protestant Church. The men were digging outside the Church when they came on a very large skull and a cross and gold chain. Jonathan Bennetts men were in charge of the
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