School: Ovens (C.) (roll number 5985)

Location:
Ovens, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Maud Mc Guire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 356

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 356

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  1. XML School: Ovens (C.)
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  3. XML “A Legend of Grange - Hare the Notorious Priest-Hunter”
  4. XML “The Blessed Wells of Walshestown”

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  2. These wells are situated in Walshestown. One is covered by a complete arch. The relics of crumbling arches shelter the other wells. Remains of an altar, upon which Mass was celebrated in Penal Days, is still in a fair state of preservation. Upon a stone plate on one of the arches the letters I. H. S. are quite discernible still. The Cromwellian destroyer knocked down two
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