School: Clareen, Birr

Location:
Clareen, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 349

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    The tradition about the O'Carrols the ruling Irish family of this district is that they were tyrants. Some of them were priest hunters and some of the family helped to demolish the monastery at Seir Kieran.
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    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
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  3. There was a flour mill in Longford which was working up to about 24 years ago. It was worked by Willie Dunne. His miller was Mick Cassidy. There was a woollen
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