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School: Ceis (roll number 15342)

Location:
Kesh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 423

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    I heard the following from my father whose name is James Benson.
    One field of my father's farm is known as Cross. On the top of this hill there was a cross erected in olden times. A little farther down there is a hill called Knocknecroy, (Cnoc-na-Croice) which means the hill of the gallows, some people maintain this the condemned people were allowed to pray at the cross on thier way to execution.
    Margaret Benson,
    Cross, Keash,
    Ballymote, Co. Sligo.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Benson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cross, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Benson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cross, Co. Sligo