School: St Mary's Tallaght (roll number 10457/8)
- Location:
- Tallaght, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chuinn
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- (continued from previous page)story is told that he gave it to one of his favourite officers but on account of the dreadful massacre that had taken place there the man wouldn't live in it so Cromwell built him "Kilnamanagh House" in a field adjacent.On the opposite side of the road a couple of fields away stand the ruins of Tymon Castle These ruins are on a great height and serve as a landmark for miles around.Returning to the village one can turn to the left at the "green" and go across the "Old Bawn Road" to "Old Bawn Bridge" This Bridge it would appear was mentioned in history 300 B.C. This fact was proved from an old history found in a cellar under what was once Robert Emmet's house at Rathfarnham.Passing over the Bridge one can either follow the road that leads to Old Court and Ballycullen, where St Columcille's Well is situated, or turn to the right and go to Bohernabreena.It was at Bohernabreena that Oisin was freed from the spell cast on him in Tir-na-nóg. It is at Bohernabreena that the waterworks are situated and about a mile past the R.C Church of St Anne, is that beautiful valley of Glenasmole(continues on next page)
