1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Kilmacoo, Avoca

School: Kilmacoo, Avoca

Location:
Kilmacoo, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chosgair
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 396

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 396

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Kilmacoo, Avoca
  2. XML Page 396
  3. XML “Motto Stone”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Motto Stone

    Share Share Post
    There is a very large stone on the top of a hill in the middle of the Connary mines. It is called the Motto Stone or the split stone
    There are six iorn steps going up to it. There is also a fine view off the stone. It is over looking the Meetings of the Waters the vale of Avoca. and also the town of Rathdrum. and if it was a very clear day you could see the hills of Wales.
    It is a very nice place in the Summer and crowds of people go up to it to wish. There is a hole in the top of the stone. It is said that. that hole was made to hold the May bush long ago
    Jan 26th 1938.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Doyle
    Gender
    Female