School: Kilmeedy (B.) (roll number 7161)
- Location:
- Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: John O'Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0496, Page 201
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- (continued from previous page)was saying mass, and the black and tans came on and the priest was shot in the Altar.
The hole in the wall where the blactas carried the money.
There is a big flag at the door wat, and there is a chest of gold buried under the flag.
Several attempts were made to get the gold, but they were driven bacl by bulls. The floor is made with big flags.
It is said that a ghost of a priest comes every night at twelve o clock to say mass. About four years ago two men went to see it, they were writing the history of it. There is a young boy living near the ruin named Patrick Harrold, and he has the history of it.
He is in a college called Athinry for a year.
The old chapel is called Claun-Ilte. It is situated in the parish(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellville, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Geary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
