School: Kellystown, Dunleer (roll number 3154)
- Location:
- Kellystown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chathail
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“Termonfeckin people got St Denis's coffin and buried it there.”
Termonfeckin people got St Denis's coffin and buried it there. The shape of a coffin is at that place still and that is how Kilslaughtery got its name.
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“There is also a cave running from Kilslaughtery to the Red House in Clogherhead...”
There is also a cave runing from Kilshauthery to the Red House in Clogherhead and it is said that during the Penal days the priests and people used hide from the English. (no title)
“In a shed of ours it was said the St. Patrick said Mass in it and that people were married in it.”
In a shed of ours it was said that St. Patrick said Mass in it and that people were married in it.
In a field just beside my home ther is a stray step and my grandfather was going out at twelve o clock at night and he was not very long until he found himself at Piperstown. He turned his coat which was necessary and at six o clock in the morning arrived home again.