School: Na Frasa (roll number 16375)

Location:
Frosses, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Mac Robhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 166

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 166

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    Saint Nail's church. The site of the Scalan was marked until recently by two stone pillars.
    A similar Scalan was in use in Drimarone until St Mary's catholic church was built there in the year 1868.
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  2. About the year 1460 the franciscans came to Inver Naile. They lived there and they attained [attended?] to the religious wants of the people of the district. Round the monastery was a graveyard and the Catholics of the district were interred there until the year 1841 when the graveyard was made in
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Roes, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Charles Campbell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Frosses, Co. Donegal