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Presentation Convent, Portlaoise
Presentation Convent, Portlaoise
Sisters from the Presentation Order in Carlow first arrived in Portlaoise in July 1824 at the invitation of Rev. Fr. Nicholas O'Connor.
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Quaker Cemetery
Quaker Cemetery
The Quaker Burial Ground in Rosenallis is locally known as the "Friends Sleeping Place." It is one of the most attractive graveyards in the country. A rich sprinkling of deciduous trees covers this picturesque countryside.
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Rock of Dunamase
Rock of Dunamase
This is one of the most superbly and strategically sighted castles in the country. It was originally used as a fort in early-Christian times.
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Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies 1901 Steam Traction Engine
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies 1901 Steam Traction Engine
A Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies 1901 Steam Traction Engine at Stradbally Steam Rally. The Rally takes place on the first weekend of August.
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Roundwood House, Mountrath
Roundwood House, Mountrath
Roundwood House was built for Anthony Sharpe, who inherited the lands and an older house in 1735 on the death of his father, Isaac. The present house was built about 1741 at which date the name Roundwood first appears in the registered deeds in lieu of the former name, Killanure.
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Stradbally Steam Rally Programme
Stradbally Steam Rally Programme
The late Colonel C.S. Kidd was a former President of the Irish Steam Preservation Society.
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St. Peter's Church Tower
St. Peter's Church Tower
John Wesley, founder of the Methodists, is said to have preached in only one Protestant church - St. Peter's. The remains of this church is in Railway Street, Portlaoise.
Courtesy of Michael Scully, Portarlington
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St. Fintan's Tree, Mountrath
St. Fintan's Tree, Mountrath
There is the famous St. Fintan's Tree at Clonenagh, where a well sprung up in its trunk when a farmer who lived across the road refused to allow people to visit a holy well in his field.
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Roundwood House Staircase, Mountrath
Roundwood House Staircase, Mountrath
The stairs of Roundwood House rise from the centre-rear of the hall to a landing between the ground and first floors, from which twin stairs to right and left rise to twin landings, linked at the staircase end to form a gallery with converse curving ends to its two side wings projecting over the hall.
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Silverware Presented to the French Church by the Royal Family
Silverware Presented to the French Church by the Royal Family
In 1715 the Royal Family in England were persuaded to acknowledge conformity with a presentation of silver communion vessels and a bell. The silverware bore the words: "Given by her Royal Highness Wilhelmena Carolina, Princess of Wales, in honour of the conformist Church at Portarlington, 1st March 1714/5."
Courtesy of Maeve Robinson