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School: Bansha (B.) (roll number 11964)

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Bansha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Peter Horgan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0575, Page 147

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  1. A Hidden Treasure (continued)

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  2. Story of the Rock of Cashel

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    A legend says that the Rock of Cashel
    was a mouthful brought by Satan from
    the Devils Bit Mountains in the north-
    west of Templemore. It is situated in
    one of the richest districts in Ireland.
    It is the grandest and most ancient
    building in Co. Tipperary. The ruins though
    windowless and roofless and greatly
    shattered still stand to almost their
    original height. Across the south-east the
    Galtees raise their peaks to about three
    thousand feet high. Long ago it was the
    capital of Munster and the seat of
    the high-kings.
    When St. Patrick, on his
    mission to the south about the year
    450 A.D. reached Cashel the ruling king
    was Angus. It is said also that when
    Patrick was baptizing Angus the spike
    of the spear went through the kings
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