School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)

Location:
Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Peter Hegarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 349

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  1. Many years ago there was an Abbey in Aghaboe. Not far from this Abbey lived a man named Mr White who was a protestant. Every morning he used to take a quantity of stones from the Abbey. One morning as he was taking stones an invisible hand threw a stone at him. The stone can be seen still and man's power could not lift it.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Jeremiah Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois