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The Best Attractions In Callan

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Callan is a market town in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Situated 16 km south of Kilkenny on the N76 road to Clonmel, it is near the border between County Tipperary. It is the largest town in the county, with a recorded population of 2,330 .
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  • 1. Callan Golf Club Callan
    Coláiste Éamann Rís is a Christian Brothers secondary school for boys located in Callan, County Kilkenny, in the South-East of Ireland. The college is built in the hometown of Edmund Ignatius Rice, the founder of the Irish Christian Brothers, the Presentation Brothers and the Edmund Rice Family. The motto of the school appears on the school coat of arms, incorporating the Latin 'Facere Et Docere' . Also, just below on a scroll, appears the motto of the Christian Brothers, 'Nihil Alienum' . The Community of the Christian Brothers was established in Callan on 12 September 1868, however, the present school itself was not founded until one-hundred and fifteen years later, in 1983.
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  • 2. Edmund Rice Heritage Centre Callan
    Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, CFC , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers. Rice was born in Ireland at a time when Catholics faced oppression under Penal Laws enforced by the British authorities, though reforms began in 1778 when he was a teenager. He forged a successful career in business and, after a tragic accident which killed his wife and left his daughter disabled and with learning difficulties, thereafter devoted his life to education of the poor. Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers schools around the world continue to follow the traditions established by Edmund Rice .
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  • 3. Callan Workhouse Callan
    Callan is a market town in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Situated 16 km south of Kilkenny on the N76 road to Clonmel, it is near the border between County Tipperary. It is the largest town in the county, with a recorded population of 2,330 .
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