School: Baile Nua
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séan Wixteed
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- The following story is told of St. Patrick. One day as St Patrick was travelling with a company of other priests through Tipperary. They have to cross a river and whist doing so one of the saints teeth fell into the waters and it was afterwards recovered by one of his followers and it was kept as a relic afterwards in a church at Kilfeacle near Tipperary Town. Our Patron saint spent seven years in Munster and it is said he first went to Cashel.
- Collector
- Eileen Purcell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cappaclogh, Co. Tipperary
- St Patrick's Tooth
The following story is told of St Patrick. One day as St Patrick was travelling with a company of other priests through Tipperary they had to cross a rive and whilst doing so one of the saint's teeth fell into the waters and it was aftewards recovered by one of his followers and it was kept as a relic afterward is a church at Kilfeacle, near Tippeary town. Our Patron saint spent seven years in Munster and it is said he first went to Cashel.
*****************************Long ago when Saint Patrick, was preaching in Ireland, he passed by Newtown. On his way, he knelt down on a flag stone, which was on the side of he road. This flag is still to be seen, on the top of the(continues on next page)
