School: Machaire, An Tulach
- Location:
- Maghera, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Seanacháin
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- XML “Holy Island”
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- Informant
- Patrick Degidon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Rylane, Co. Clare
- On the Shannon about five miles from Kilalloe there is an island called Holy-Island. There is a churchyard in the island. In ancient times there was a bell there also, and when a corpse was carried into the cemetery that was in it, the bell used to ring from itself.The protestants hearing about this bell grew selfish and went to remove it. They got it into a boat and when(continues on next page)