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School: Loughshinny (roll number 8434)

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Loughshinny, Co. Dublin
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James Monks
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 131

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  2. Local Patron Saint

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    St Patrick is the patron saint of Skerries. He lived on an Island about half a mile outside Skerries. He built a church in the middle of the Island. The ruins are to be seen yet. St Patrick is supposed to have kept a goat on the Island. One night some Skerries people went over and ate his goat. The next day St Patrick missed his goat. He asked a man did he see his goat and the man said no. This man had eaten part of the goat and it cried out "ma, ma"
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