School: Cabra, Kingscourt
- Location:
- Cabra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Violet Irwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 204
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- (continued from previous page)tribes, in its passage to the west of Ireland, was met in this glen by the enemy and totally routed and cut to pieces: several of the old inhabitants recollect the discovery of human bones in this place, it being unconsecrated ground, must have been those of bodies interred before the Christian era. This circumstance is alluded to in a note appended to Ossian's poems, a fact which would, in the opinion of antiquaries, confirm the authenticity of at least a pat of that work.
Contiguous to Cabra is Mullintra, the grounds of which together with those of Cormee, the site of the present castle, now form part of the demesne, the whole having been united by the present proprietor.
The market is on Tues. and there are fairs on April 1. May 23, June 18, Aug 1, Sept. 19, Nov. 8, Dec. 4 and 24. A chief constabulary force is stationed here and petty Sessions are held on alternate Tuesdays. The parish church is situated in the town, in which are also a handsome R.C. chapel and a dispensary. In the neighbourhood are several planted raths, one of which commands a very extensive, magnificent prospect.
- Collector
- Ruby Shekleton
- Gender
- Female
