School: Coillte Críotáin
- Location:
- Erris, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 346
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Church built in Boyle, Saint Patrick came to consecrate it. During the Mass Saint Patrick found he had no paten and he wanted to stop the Mass. But Attracta prayed and a golden disc came down from heaven and rested on her shoulders She gave it to Patrick.
She died in the sixth century.
- St. Altracta was the first Irish Sister of Charity. The sites of her churches may be traced in Sligo and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Tivenan
- Gender
- Male
