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School: Camross, Mountrath

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Camross, Co. Laois
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Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 280

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    Situation: Beside the little Delour Bridge.
    On a triangular piece of ground on the road.
    Still held sacred. Funerals usually stop at it. To De. Profundus recited.(When coffin was shouldered) A man was killed on this spot, though a run-a-way horse. Some say it marks a boundary. II: (J Carroll Shrahane)
    Situation: Barony of Upperwoods
    Parish of Offerlane.
    Beside the Big Delour Bridge
    On a triangular piece of ground.
    This was cut by a man from Offaly by order of the County Council long ago. No local man would undertake the job. The man who cut it, lost the use of his hand.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P.J. Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    J. Carrolll
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Srahanboy, Co. Laois