School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

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1. Shanes Rath (continued)

   

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   forms a hallow. In the middle of this hallow there is a piece of land like a table many battles were fought there. It is called the Murdering Hollow.

   

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2. The Keegans of Coolbanagher

   

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   The Keegans of Coolbanagher Since the days of the Irish Chieftains this property has passed to different owners. By far the most renowned were the Keegan family of whom a female members held the ownership up to five years ago. This last family was very hospitable. They entertained lavishley the knights of the roads particulary the musical and those gifted vocally. No one was every turned from the door without a nights shelter and plenty to eat Laurence Keegan who is dead only about sixty year carried on the tradition of open house. So talked of was the generosity amongst the knights that

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      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Brennan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Port Laoise, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Mr Keegan

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male