School: Carrowreagh (roll number 15220)

Location:
An Cheathrú Riabhach, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Elizabeth Benson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0039

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  2. There is an old ruin in Ballinaglough which is situated about two hundred yards from the Owen More river. It is an ivy sheeted ruin. In this monastery people were buried up to a hundred years ago but none are buried in it now.
    When the landlord of that farm whose name was Captain West fired shots at the coffin the people were forced to return again with the coffin as West would not allow the burial to place and have it buried in Cloonameehan.
    In 1917 there was a certain amount
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