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School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)

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Hospital, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr. Bernard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0515, Page 027

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    the Havard College expedition U.S.A. these moats are supposed to be about two thousand years old. There are other stories afloat that the Danes were responsible for building them, but there are no facts in history to prove that they were built by them. The Danes were in Ireland up to the year 1014 when they were beaten and completely routed at the battle of Clontarf.
    Some people say the survivors built those moats and dwelt therein. At the cross of Knocklong there was a moat and the owner of it at the time dug it up and spread it as manure and defied all superstition and nothing
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Jones
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick