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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

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Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 003

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    There are two old tombstones in the ancient cemetry of Ahenny and many old stores are told about them.
    There were seven brothers, bishops, and they were killed in some local place. Two of them were buried in Ahenny, one in Killamory, and four in Kilkieran. The night after their burial a tombstone appeared at the head of each grave. There is beautiful carving on them and someting like a bishop's mitre rests on each. During the Penal Days the English took one of them from Kilkieran with the intention of bringing it to England to copy the carving, but when it was put on board a ship
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullahought, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Tullahought, Co. Kilkenny