Coill na mBroin

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Mary Nolan, Mrs Nolan

An Urnaí, Co. Chill Dara

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Tomhaiseanna

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John Nolan

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“Some of the people in this district did not wear boots until they were 14 years. The children of the present day go bare foot in Summer only...”

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John Nolan

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“In olden times the people used herbs as cures. Dandelion boiled in new milk was good for consumption...”

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John Nolan

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“There is one holy well in this district. It is in the townland of Mylerstown...”

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John Nolan

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“In the year 1798 there was a united Irish Camp on Barn-Hill Maddenstown Curragh Co. Kildare...”

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Mary Nolan, Mrs Nolan

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“Long years ago people did not go to the doctor when they were sick. They had many cures made from herbs...”

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Mary Nolan, Mrs Nolan

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“There are the ruins of Nurney Castle in the townland of Nurney, in the parish of Monastrevan and in the barony of West Offaly...”

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Anne Nolan, Patrick Cullen

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Herbs as Cures

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Anne Nolan, Patrick Cullen

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“Paul O'Beirne's grandfather was a very strong man...”

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Anne Nolan, Patrick Nolan

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“There was a nunnery in Nurney long ago on the site marked on the plan on opposite page. The nuns spent their time spinning weaving and praying...”

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Signs of Rain

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“Pat O'Beirne of Gurteen carried sixty stone of wheat from end of a long barn to the other and back again...”

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Francis Bohan, Stephen O' Brien

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Games

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Francis Bohan, Stephen O' Brien

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Nurney Churches

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Francis Bohan, Stephen O' Brien

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Nurney Castle

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Francis Bohan, Stephen O' Brien

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The Pigeon House

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Francis Bohan, Stephen O' Brien

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Hedge-Schools

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Francis Bohan, Stephen O' Brien

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Industries

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Francis Bohan, Stephen O' Brien

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“Cattle were not kept very much as there was no export trade except for salted beef produced mainly from discarded cows...”

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Stephen O' Brien, Thomas Bohan

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