School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan
- Location:
- Cavan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 124
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- Flemings Folly is situated on the Belville mountain convenient to the town of Ballinagh and overlooking Crossdoney. It was built by a man named James Fleming from which it originally got its name, in the year 1803. This man lived in the townland of Belville and was a substantial farmer. He formed an opinion he would build a high tower from which he could see the ships sail on the sea. It is built with stones and lime and sand. He raised the stones in a quarry which now forms a little lake convenient to where the folly now stands.
He burned a kiln of lime(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Aghnaglogh, Co. Cavan