School: Kilbeggan (Mercy Convent) (roll number 14491)

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   it was conficated by them in the Penal days. When walking along this road it is on the left hand side on a hill.
   Formely on the site where it stands St. Beccan founded his Church when he came here in the Sixth century. Close by is the graveyard where the "rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep" whilst somewhere near too is the Croppies' lore grave where the men who were shot in the Rebellion of 1798 were all buried together.
   It was also here that these holy monks toiled and served their Creator in these far off days, truly a hallowed spot. On past the the graveyard we come to Barley hill where in a nook near the river bank Mass was offered in the Penal days.
   Past the Glebe which old

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Philomena Moran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath