School: Gráinseach, Cill Mocheallóg (roll number 9970)

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Grange, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Loínsigh
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    possession of those houses when the estate was divided.
    The Count, a few years ago, got the two gable ends of Teampall Nuadh * restored and expressed a wish to have it roofed again and Mass said therein before he died.
    Teampall Nuadh, however at the present day is a place of great veneration as it contains the ashes of the ancestors of many of our local inhabitants who were buried there by force under the Penal Laws ~ as stated in No. 11 ~
    The present Count when he got married turned Catholic: -
    (Note in margin - *For Maps of Teampall see Pages 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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    Year 1938
    The present Count whose name is John de Salis married an Austrian princess and turned Catholic.
    His wife was a great horse-woman- and often followed the hunt in this county.
    They have a residence in Switzerland also; and the Count owns the water rights of Lough Gur.
    They also had a castle in Bavaria but they sold that some time ago.
    (Note in margin – Note from Mr. John Cloney, Carpenter – Grange , Kilmallock)
    Continued on Page 52
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
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