School: Enfield (roll number 8194)
- Location:
- Innfield, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Edward Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 241
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“Johnstown House was a Brigidine Convent which was destroyed by Cromwell and afterwards rebuilt.”
Johnstown House was a Brigidine Convent which was destroyed by Cromwell and afterwards rebuilt. The owner of the new house built to replace the monastery had the remains of the monks all removed to a little plateau south of the house. St Brigid's Well is about 200 yards from the house. An old resident here says that she was often sent by her mother to the well for Soft white sand to scour stools, chairs etc. There is supposed to be a curse attached to the Johnstown House, namely that the owner never lives till his eldest son comes of age