History of Kilsaran union of parishes in the County of Louth, being a history of the parishes of Kilsaran, Gernonstown, Stabannon, Manfieldstown, and Dromiskin, with many particulars relating to the parishes of Richardstown, Dromin, and Darver, comprising a large section of mid-Louth . mory of this person andsome other relations. As we shall see in the Chapter on Gernonstown theNorwegians and Danes early occupied Annagassan,and quicklyoverran the country round about, paying special attention tothe churches and monasteries. Kilsaran must have sufferedseverely at their hands, as it is believed t
History of Kilsaran union of parishes in the County of Louth, being a history of the parishes of Kilsaran, Gernonstown, Stabannon, Manfieldstown, and Dromiskin, with many particulars relating to the parishes of Richardstown, Dromin, and Darver, comprising a large section of mid-Louth . mory of this person andsome other relations. As we shall see in the Chapter on Gernonstown theNorwegians and Danes early occupied Annagassan,and quicklyoverran the country round about, paying special attention tothe churches and monasteries. Kilsaran must have sufferedseverely at their hands, as it is believed that they establishedone of their camps at the ancient Mote of Greenmount, whichis but a few hundred yards from the old Church of Kilsaran. Mote of Greenmount.—Indeed, according to the popularbelief, the Mote at Greenmount is a relic of the time of theDanish invasion. Archaeologists, however, have come to theconclusion that it is much older, that, like the great moundsof Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth and Millmount, it belongsto pagan and prehistoric times. A reference to Greenmount is found in Isaac Butlers referred to, where he says : The lands in this neighbourhood are blest with a fine soile,being a light loomy earth—a mixture of sand and soaft clay. Greenmount. 13. GREENMOUNT MOTE. Section from N. to S. through the Greenmount Tumulus and long chancer,showing the terminal walls, the way it appears to have caved in whenfirst cleared out, 1830-40
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