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- 01/01/44 (Creation)
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St. Joseph'a Retreat, Cloonamahon. Collooney, Co. Sligo::HISTORY; typescript, probably prepered by Fr. Oliver Kelly, C.P. Information contained in it consists of the following items. Origin of name, Cloonamahon. Original owner was McDonagh who lost the property at the Plantation. In Catholic hands again in 1667 (Harte family), when it was stolen by Betteridge under the Act of 1709 during the penal days. Succeeding owners were Ruttledge and finally the Meredith family through marriage of a Rutledge daughter. HIstory of Meredith family given and their bequests. All on page 1. Page 2 contains a statement by the last owner, Owen Meredith Tweedy, describing the house and mentions connection with an anciernt church or monastery and details sale of property to County Council as a sanatorium and later to the Passionists. Pages 3 & 4 contain comments by Fr. Oliiver Kelly on Tweedy family and summary of details about the family supplied by Owen Tweedy in a letter of 39 November, 1954. There is also a reference to the supposed curse on the family that the owner would die before he reached 40 years of age. Some did. Gives details.
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Archival documents are catalogued in the following way : Shelf number, box number, file number and item number. Thus, 45/1/1/4 means shelf forty-five, box one, file one and item four. In addition to this each item has an individual serial number. This is attached to the catalogue as an alternative identifier.
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02/03/01