School: Naomh Breandán, Gaillimh
- Location:
- Galway, Co. Galway
- Teacher: T. Mac Eochaidh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0031, Page 0264
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- (continued from previous page)County Kildare and lived in his monastery at Cloonkeen-Kerril sometime during the sixth century. His name is thus perpetuated in the place-name, which in Irish, is Cluain Caoin Choirill meaning Kerril's level meadow land. The whole parish was originally called by his name, but now the title is confined to a small village, Gurteen having "stepped in" and the parish name. A few old ruins of a monastery and a quaint little graveyard at present mark the site of St Kerril's original building. The ruins are those of a church or monastery built by a Bishop O'Kelly in the thirteenth century on the spot where the Saint's cloister stood. The little burying ground has the singular distinction of never having had a corpse buried in it on a Monday. The custom has it's origin in a quarrel(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Breandán Mac Eochaidh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tomás Mac Eochaidh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Canal Road Upper, Co. Galway
