School: Tón Ruadh (roll number 12809)
- Location:
- Tonroe, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Giobaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 57
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- Some two hundred years ago when Landlord Phillips owned the Cloonmore estate Killabeagh got its present name.
One day a large mehal of men was reaping oats for Lord Phillips in a field on the South Eastern portion of the estate. They finished early in the day and came home across the fields where Carracastle Church now stands. When in a field at present behind the chapel they saw what they considered a very queer stone standing in the field.
Through curiosity they men borrowed loys shovels and spades and began to dig around the stone. The deeper they went the wider and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirín Ní Bhreithimh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonnagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- P. Marren
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Carracastle, Co. Mayo
