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Locations

  • Children's Burial Grounds

    Children's Burial Grounds

    The custom of setting aside a special place for the burial of very young unbaptised babies was common practice in Ireland.
  • Hedge Schools

    Hedge Schools

    No Catholic could teach, no building could serve as a school, under penalty of law.
  • Lime Making and Lime Kilns

    Lime Making and Lime Kilns

    Lime kilns are structures in which limestone was heated to a high temperature to produce lime
  • Mass Paths

    Mass Paths

  • Menlough/Skehana Group Water Scheme

    Menlough/Skehana Group Water Scheme

    A brief history
  • Rath Mor (Ceremonial Site)

    Rath Mor (Ceremonial Site)

    The Ó Mainnín Brehon Law Deed, 1584
  • Shops of the area

    Shops of the area

  • Some General History about "The Local"

    Some General History about "The Local"

  • The Curraghaun at Windfield Demesne

    The Curraghaun at Windfield Demesne

    Part of The Jameson Estate
  • The Old Village Water Pump and Well

    The Old Village Water Pump and Well

  • The Parish of Killoscobe

    The Parish of Killoscobe

    Menlough & Skehana make up the parish of Killoscobe.
  • The Shrine at Tobertynan

    The Shrine at Tobertynan

    Tobertynan Shrine and the de Stacpoole Family, Mounthazel, connection.
  • Woodlawn House

    Woodlawn House

    The house was extended in the 1850s when the 3 storey house was refaced and embellished in the Italianate style, and enlarged by 2 two-storey wings three-bay wings.
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