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1. A Cross

   

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   138 22-V1-38. A Cross. Some 200 hundred years ago men were digging in Deerpark Hill ,Ballykilty ,Quin .They came on a stone cross,the arms of which were each six feet long.The stone was as clean and as smooth as glass with no sign of chisel mark on it.it was removed to the Church Cross, Quin and erected there .It was around this cross the market used to be held.The people used to bring their butter ,eggs and fowl,Piqqins,flannels ,socks, brogues,and all home articles were sold there.The famous Clare scythes ,hooks and scythe stones were also for sale there. There is no trace of this cross now. Some say it was buried at the crossroad when the newline Road was made.Dan Corbett ,Ballykilty. Quin.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Dan Corbett

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballykilty, Co. Clare

2. A Story

   

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   A Story.
   28- V1 -'38. At the time they were making the railway between Ennis and Limerick in about the year 1854 ,an engineer came along one day and ordered the men to remove a projecting stone.As they did so a lot of little

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