School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camros, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 189
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- When St, Canice died it is handed down in history that the Kilkenny people came and claimed him. When in the act of taking his coffin a crowd of Upper Ossory people came to prevent them and to claim the corpse. A fight arose, and to the surprise of all, two coffins appeared on the ground. The fight stopped and each crowd took up a coffin then went to Kilkenny.
A remarkable green cross marks the spot where the corpse was laid down.
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“Long ago there lived a man in this parish...”
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- Patrick Collier
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- An Cheathrú Riabhach, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- Mrs M. Collier
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 36
- Address
- An Cheathrú Riabhach, Co. Laoise
