School: Clonaslee (C.) (roll number 16031)
- Location:
- Clonaslee, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0824, Page 209
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- Clonaslee.
Clonaslee village is situated at the foot of the Slieve-Bloom mountains. It is a very nice village, with ten grocery shops and two drapery shops, five public houses, a post office,a recreation hall with a billiard room attached to it, and a court house. Outside the village is a Creamery with a Co-operative-store beside it, on these premises.
There are a few old ruins of churches and castles around the village.
In Ballinakill, there are ruins of an old castle, which was built in the year 1680 by Colonel Dunne, This man fought at the battle of Aughrim in 1691.
He was wounded and fell from his horse, which(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Lalor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonagh, Co. Laois
