School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)
- Location:
- Owning, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernadette
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- There is a ruins of an old church in Owning, which was built about the year 1021, A.D. It was built by Lady Margret Hennebry of Ballahennebry Castle, which was situated in Purcell's orchard. The last of her descendants died in Carrick-on-Suir some years ago. He was a blacksmith. The church was invaded by the Normans in Cromwell's time, and he stabled his horses in it.
Since then it is in ruins. There was a(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Murrell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Owning, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Edward Duggan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Owning, Co. Kilkenny