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Journey to Connaught, April 1709 (Author: Samuel Molyneux)
entry 13
Friday, 30th— Left Killeglan to return to Dublin. Pass'd thro' Brideswell36, where is a well and chappell dedicated to St. Bridget,
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built by an Earl of Antrim, as also a Poor house here, where some poor people are yet maintain'd by ye alms of Roman Catholicks, [thence to] Athlone, and from thence to Moat, thro' a well improv'd, well planted country, with trees and orchards, good houses, and, as I hear, English inhabitants.