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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 139

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    Local Caves June 14 1938
    There are a few old caves and the ruin of an old castle in the Parish. The best known of the caves is situated in (the) the townland of Kiltobranks. At this cave St Patrick rested on his way to Croach Patrick. There are three old bushes and a large heap of stones beside this cave. People go to visit this cave every year and each person brings a stone with him and leaves it there that is why there is such a heap of stones there now.
    On the inside of the cave there is a continual drop of water from between two large
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghalustia, Co. Roscommon