School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)
- Location:
- Killure Beg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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- There are the ruins of an old castle in John Kelly's field in townland of Killure, in the parish of Kilgerrill, in the barony of Cloonmacnoon and in the county of Galway.There were no people living in it since 1763 and at that time it was occupied by kings.There were gunholes in each of four walls of the castle. The reason this castle was, to avoid invaders. There were one paned windows in the four walls.
There is an old ruin of an old church in Kilclooney grave yard. It is supposed to be one of the oldest in Ireland. It is called St Grellan's(continues on next page)
