School: Druim Míleadh (roll number 14898)
- Location:
- Drumeela, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Ailbeard Mac an Ríogh
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- Drumeela district is rich in folklore. An old rock not far from the school and lying in the townland of Corglass is still pointed out as the Mass Rock.
One tradition relates of a confirmation ceremony carried out in the Penal Days.
At the cross-roads just below the school the boys and girls had gathered and an open air dance was in full swing. Fun and frivolity were in the air as the piper with drone and skirl and bat's wing trill lent the wings of music to airy feet.
Scouts were on the surrounding hills and all felt safe.
Suddenly the piper left aside his bagpipes and stepped up to a friendly thorn bush.
In a few minutes he had donned the robes of a bishop and was soon engaged in the ceremony of confirmation. According to local belief confirmation was administered several times in the district in this manner.
The bishop examined the children in Doctrine through Irish as late as '48.
