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School: Abbeyleix Convent (roll number 13613)

Location:
Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mother Paul
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0832, Page 047

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    soldiers used climb the steps and hide there for perhaps days as there are holes in the trees so deep that they would cover the whole of a person's body
    Also in front of Rathmoyle house there is an opening in the ground and this is the underground secret passage and it leads from the house up to the fort where the head of the skeleton was found.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Abbeyleix, Co. Laois