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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

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Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 083

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    In Kilkieran lie the ruins of an old church. In the adjoining graveyard many crosses of curious workmanship may be seen. They are decorated with hieroglyphic, symbolic, and emblematic devices.
    Two hundred paces north of Owing Church there is a Cromlech. The altar piece has fallen from its original attitude and together with its uprights apparently yields to time. Their original attitudes have been discomposed.
    North-west of Moondigna hill another hill another peculiar structure many be observed. It consists of large upright stones place perpendicularly in the earth. They seem to enclose the tomb of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Honney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyhenebery, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr M. Honney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Ballyhenebery, Co. Kilkenny