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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
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Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 125

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    which he mixed with sand and dragons blood. With this material he started building the tower and raised it to about fifty feet high, with a stone stairway up the centre. Having then realised the cost incurred and still no sign of seeing ships. He decided it was a fruitless task and got down hearted and died in a short time afterwards. The people of that time considered him a very foolish man and called the tower as it now stands Flemings folly
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Aghnaglogh, Co. Cavan