School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)
- Location:
- Castlegannon, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 210
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- XML “Cillín Liath”
- XML “Baile Treasna”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In the townland of Killeen in the parish of Mullinavat there are the ruins of an old church called Cillín Liath. Cillín Liath means the little grey church. There are several stories told about Cillín Liath. There is one story told of a man who was passing by the ruins of the church and he saw two candles lighting and a Priest saying Mass. Several people have seen this light. It is said that people who go into the church field in the night that they cannot(continues on next page)
- (continued from previous page)are very industrious and hard-working. There is an old lime kiln in the village it was used for burning lime up to a hundred years
