School: Paulstown (B.) (roll number 8244)
- Location:
- Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Conaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 245
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Paulstown (B.)
- XML Page 245
- XML “Seanmhainistreacha, Seaneaglaisí agus Seanreiligí - Shankill Church”
- XML “Seanmhainistreacha, Seaneaglaisí agus Seanreiligí - Kilmacahill”
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)shaped and there are four rectangular windows. In the ruins a priest lies buried and there are a couple of nice monuments and the head of a stone statue. In days past the hallowed spot seems to have been a seat of learning. Here it is probable stood one of the monasteries of ancient Ireland. Here the monks were visited from Old Leighlin and Gouran. Perhaps these holy brethren were scattered by the Danes. Anyhow not much is known of their lives in Shankill. But when the back entrance to the present castle was being made bones beyond number were thrown up and possibly these were the remains of those forgotten men who worked hard and taught zealously not only their own countrymen by students from beyond the "rolling deep, and died leaving footprints on the sands of time".
- Probably originally established by a St. Cathal (charles) who established monasteries as far north as Derry. Oliver(continues on next page)
