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School: Carpenterstown (Templefanum) (roll number 5415)

Location:
Carpenterstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mary Smyth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 174

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    the name of the order to which they belonged. He said that Cromwell's soldiers expelled them from their convent in Aunagh a district in Co. Meath about two miles from Carpenterstown. The convent was situated on the Castle hill. The soldiers burned their convent and all belonging to them. The nuns fled to Carpenterstown and lived there. He could not tell if there was a convent there before that time. There is a well in a field at the back of Mr. Cooney's house called the Nun's well. There's a flag over this well.
    Written by
    Mary Smyth
    Carpenterstown
    Castlepollard
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Carpenterstown, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Mary Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carpenterstown, Co. Westmeath