School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Caoimhín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 208
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- There is a story too connected with the founding of Muckross Abbey. It was foretold in a prophecy that the Abbey should be founded on a certain rock called "The Singing Rock". This proved a very difficult task to find as no signs of a singing rock could be ascertained. But one day as some monks were passing the site where the Abbey now stands, they beheld a winsome little lady sitting on a rock singing a charming melody. This they conceived must be "a singing Rock" and they built Muckross Abbey there. There is a special rock near the Maharees in West Kerry. Long ago when savage pirates frequently invaded the coast of Ireland, a ship by the name of "York"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Curtin
- Gender
- Female
