School: Druim Áine (roll number 9438)
- Location:
- Drumany (O'Brien), Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Raghnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0212, Page 322
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- When St Brigid was travelling through Ireland she visited Outeraugh. There is a holy well at that place to mark her memory. There is also a graveyard there. In the graveyard is to be seen the head of St Brigid carved in stone.
There is a strange story told about that stone. When the Ballinamore Protestant Church was a building the Protestants had this stone removed and placed in the building. Next mornign when the Masons returned to work they found that the stone was gone and had returned to the same place in the graveyard. They took it back to the same place and put it into the building again. Next morning the same thing had happened. One mason more bigotted than the rest not yet satisfied returned once more to the graveyard. He took the stone back and placed in the building. In mokery he said "if you go again you will go without your nose."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie Gill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leamanish, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Gill
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Leamanish, Co. Leitrim
