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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

Location:
Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 067

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    abbey was built in the 13th century and the castle must have been built about the same time. I have often heard of this castle having a dungeon but I have not heard of people done to death in it.
    Tullymongan Hill was used as a public gallows since the penal days of '98, and from then it has the name of the "Gallows Hill."
    I have often heard of a bag of gold that was found many years ago under a rock near the Gallows Hill. Nobody knows now who found this gold or who put it there. The Gallows Hill is now used for cattle fair green of Cavan.
    I heard a girl in class say that her mother was in a tunnel
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan