School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin

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Old Ruins

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 22_030

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There are not many ruins around here. There is (many) an old cemetry about five miles away in the parish of Dysart. In the middle of this, there is an old Franciscian Church. Part of on gable-end still remains and in this wall people are shown a large hole is supposed to have been made by a cannon ball fired at the battle of Augrum but wheither this story is true or not I do not know. Beside the ruins (of the ruins) of the church are the remains of what

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Collector
Annie Taylor
Gender
female
Address
Castle Ffrench, Co. Galway
Language
English