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School: Montfield

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Horetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
M. Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0878, Page 048

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  1. County Wexford Baronies - Montfield (continued)

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    community field. Sometimes it is called the monfield.
    One of the most interesting ruins in the Barony of Forth is the old Church of Mayglass (Mág-Glas - Green Plain) dedicated to St. Fintan, venerated on February 17th, when the ancient custom of dressing the graves is still, faithfully kept.
    The church appears to have been erected towards the end of the thirteenth century. It stands on one of the summits of the old Danish mounds, on the side of the road leading from Wexford to the village of Kilmore. In this church is interred the headless remains
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