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School: Gráinleathan (C.) (roll number 15664)

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Garranlahan, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit Ní Uaithne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0247, Page 141

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    it got its name, from a castle. Long ago, when the Danes, lived in Ireland, there was in one Castlequarter, a Dane, and there he died. The Landlord of the district lived in Lowberry. His name was Lynch, he was a very rich man, and a good Catholic, He built a church and Monastery school, in Granlahan. He built the school, for the education of the boys of the neighbourhood.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Hussey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlequarter, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86
    Address
    Altore, Co. Roscommon