School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0261
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- (continued from previous page)a crowd of men digging potatoes near the fort.
They were eating their dinner when three women came out from the fort. They commenced picking the potatoes into their aprons. When they had enough picked they went into the fort again.
Ráthanna agus Liosanna
“There is a liss in Ballacurra . . .”
There is a lios in Ballacurra it is called Liseen. It was there that all the babies who died long ago were buried. The headstones can be seen to the present day there.
It is a round one and at its bring is growing an elder tree. There is also a lios in Ballinagrieve, but it is a square one. There is also an elder tree growing at its bring.
In a village called(continues on next page) - Collector
- Clare Ward
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynacurragh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Ward
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Ballynacurragh, Co. Galway
