School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin

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Old Ruins

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 381

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(1) Gallán standing alone 3 1/2" by 3" by 1 1/2" situated in the property of Mrs. Nora Brosnan, Lacca East, ast of Kilmorna. It was an old burial-place.

Folk-lore.
The hill, on which this stone is situated, is called Pilgrim Hill.
According to the old people engineers, who visited the place fifty years ago, said it was the second oldest Church yard registered in Rome.
There is a well in the recently called an tobar mór and it was regarded by the old people as being a "blessed well".
Beside the well there was a big mound of earth

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Collector
Máire Bean Uí Catháin
Gender
female
Address
Rea, Co. Kerry
Informant
Kathleen Brosnan
Gender
female
Address
Pilgrimhill, Co. Kerry
Language
English