School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0302
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Seanreiligí (continued)
“There are no churchyards in this district that have not been in use . . .”
(continued from previous page)there and it is said that that churchyard was the burial ground of bishops and priests.
Lurgan: There was a churchyard there and it is there that St. Columcille spent many days kneeling on a flag praying. The tracks of his knees are still to be seen on the flag.
Tullahill: There was a churchyard there ant the field where it was is covered with flags and it is said that those flags were the monuments.
Mannon: There was also a churchyard there and nobody was buried there for the last thousand years. The cause is this: Once a girl was buried there and when her people came home they found her at home and she had the potatoes boiled for the dinner.
- Collector
- Teresa Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen Oughter, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Forde
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Raheen Oughter, Co. Galway