School: Christian Brothers, Athlone
- Location:
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Brother Meskill
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- "The Glebe House was built at the same time, by a loan of £312 and a gift of £100 from the same Board; the glebe comprises six acres near the church. The living of St. Mary's is a rectory and vicarage, in the Diocese of Meath and in the patronage of the bishop. The ractory was granted by Charles I. in 1636 to Richard Linguard, together with a portion of the tithes in the parish of Ratoath, County Meath, for the augmentation of the vicarage, which was then stated to be worth only £40 per annum. These tithes now amount to £100. The church was rebuilt in 1826 by a grant of £2,300 from the late Board of First Fruits.
"It is a neat edifice, with a square embattled tower. The tower of the old church is still standing and contains the bell which gave the signal for William's army to cross the river at the seige of Athlone.
"In the Roman Catholic divisions, the parish of St. Peter is united with that of Drum and contains three chapels- St. Peter's, Drum, and Clonown-besides a small Religious House of the Augustinian Order, now falling into decay; and the R.C. parish of St. Mary is co-extensive with that of the (Protestant) established church, but in the Diocese of Ardagh, and contains a spacious chapel erected in 179[?] and also a chapel attached to a Religious House of the Franciscan Order rebuilt [in?] 1825."