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1. Holy Water Font

   

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   The Perrys of Ballymaghroe took a Holy water font out of Ballymaghroe graveyard & used it for a pig trough but it was too deep so they broke a piece out of the side of it but every pig that ate out of it got the fits so they had to leave it back in the graveyard again.

   N.B. The Rathmeigue schoolchildren found this font after considerable search as it was buried beneath the sod. It is a yard in diameter & has two raised crosses on opposite sides of it about 1' long & true enough there is a piece broken from the top of it. It is now outside Knockananna church where it was removed to by V. Rev. [Jas. Dunne?] P.P.

   

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   • James Kenny