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School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)

Location:
An Cluainín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 065

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    be put in, so I came to the conclusion that the church must have been built before the invention of glass in 1470.
    After this I heard the old people of the village, say that there were monks there in the abbey, about 600 years before, but that was all seemed to be known about them. About 20 years ago a man brought a history in which it was stated that in 1650 the abbey of Cloneen, then in ruins was concluded in the diocese of Cashel. McGrath was the name of the bishop at that time.
    Two years ago my nephew was in Maynooth, and in a history there, saw where the Knights Templar had a hostile in the south of Ireland at Cluainín. The knights Templar we soldier Monks who lived in
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    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Cluainín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    Annie Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    An Cluainín, Co. Thiobraid Árann