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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 458

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    In Tullaghan Mullingar the ruins of an old chapel can be seen. This was a private chapel which belonged to a family named Nugent who were prominient people in the Penal times. They were very good Catholics. They kept a priest which they supported.
    One time the English soldiers wanted to put their horses into the chapel. The Nugents sternly refused and one of them said he would be a dead man ere a horse would enter the chapel.
    This meant that he would fight a duel with any wanting to put his horse into the chapel. The challenge was not
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim Mulready
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Westmeath