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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. Composition - Autobiography of a Ruined Castle

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    I am a beautiful castle. I was built over three hundred years ago by a rich aristocrat. As you can see at a glance at me my walls are massive, nearly four feet thick. I was made up of endless passages and winding stairs that seemed never to end. I had beautiful carpeted stairs and floors and roofs and beautiful wainscoting. Beautiful green lawns lay before me and behind magnificent stables with beautiful horses in them. Ah, now it is all changed. It happened in
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Raymond Mc Quillan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon