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Abbeyleix Heritage House
Abbeyleix Heritage House is Laois' biggest history museum, community centre and business hub.
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This week's quiz is about national days for different countries around the world! Give it a go through the link (also linked on our Instagram stories)![]()
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🔍A quick peek at our Paddy Mulhall exhibit![]()
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Paddy Mulhall was the owner of Morrissey's pub, having been an apprentice there while his relatives, the Morrisseys, ran the business. 🍻![]()
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On display are several items dating back to when Morrissey's was a shipping agent, selling tickets for different liners that many local people would have purchased to emigrate to countries such as the USA and Canada. 🚢![]()
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Also on display are various tickets, letters, and an indenture letter, along with other memorabilia from Paddy’s time at Morrissey’s. 📜![]()
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TRIVIA THURSDAY![]()
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Ireland Trivia🇮🇪![]()
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Test your knowledge by following the link (also linked on our Instagram stories!)📲![]()
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📸Brigidine Convent and Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Abbeyleix 🏫⛪![]()
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The Brigidine convent in Abbeyleix opened back in 1842, and educated boys and girls up to first class, when the boys would move up to the North School (now Heritage House!) while the girls would remain with the nuns, and could continue on to secondary school with the Brigidines. ✏️![]()
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The Brigidine Order of nuns was founded by Bishop Daniel Delany (1747-1814) in 1807 in Tullow, Co. Carlow. The order, from Delany's perspective, was a refounding rather than a new order; after an order founded during the 5th century CE based around Saint Brigid. Delany was from Mountrath, co. Laois. He was responsible for sending nuns to found the Brigidine Convent in Mountrath in 1809.![]()
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The school at Abbeyleix catered to boarders as well as day pupils. The school was also quite self-sufficient, growing crops onsite. ![]()
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The school would eventually amalgamate with the Abbeyleix Vocational School and the Salesian Brothers to form Heywood Community School on the site of the former Heywood house in Ballinakill. (The original House, purchased by the Salesians in the 1940s, burnt down and was demolished) 🎒![]()
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The convent would also later be demolished, with the nun's chapel remaining.![]()
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To learn more about the Brigidine convent, check out some of our past social media posts (many are of photographs of past pu#Laois #curatortuesdayt#abbeyleixheritagetownr#abbeyleixheritagei#abbeyleixheritagehousei#Brigidine##brigidinesbrigidines
Planning a trip to Ireland? Why not trace your roots before you arrive!☘![]()
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Here at Abbeyleix Heritage House, we offer a genealogy service that can trace back to the 1850s, and possibly earlier.📜 Follow the link, or head to our website under the genealogy tab for more!![]()
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