School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)
- Location:
- Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0103
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- There is an old mass path across the fields from Lissananny to Kilconluy. it is about fifty years since it was made. It one place the "Foidín na maramhail" is often seen.
There is a heap of stones on the roadside near Urcly in memeory of a man named Devaney. He lived in Blindwell. Everyone that is passing throws a stone on the heap and says a short prayer.
There is another heap of stones in Blindwell in memory of a man named Pendregast.
The is a big stone in Milltown with the picture of a cross on the back of it. It is said that it was often taken away and that it was back again the next morning.
There is a mass path going from Ballyroe(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Devaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lissananny, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mary Devaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Lissananny, Co. Galway
