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School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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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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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Bean Uí Catháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rea, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Kathleen Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pilgrimhill, Co. Kerry