School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)

Location:
Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Liam Mac Coiligh
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    Tury House was a nunnery in olden times.

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    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
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    Mrs Hughes
    Gender
    Female
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    Maughera, Co. Westmeath
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    Some time ago if a Protestant man wanted to buy a horse, he would go to a Catholic man to buy a horse.

    Some time ago if a Protestant man wanted to buy a horse, he would go to a Catholic man to buy a horse. At that time the Catholic man would have to sell the horse for the money the Protestant man would bid, because it was the law to do it.
    One day a man named OBrien
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