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School: Bealach (roll number 5811)

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Ballagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Daltúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0258, Page 191

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  1. An Old Story - Clais an Chloiginn

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    There is a place in the townland of Tuam in the parish of Kilgefin called "Clais-an-Cloiginn"
    Long ago when a person committed crime they would go to the grave of some friend and dig up the scull and go to this particular place and swear by it that they were innocent.
    One time the scull was not buried and a person who was passing by found it and threw it up on a bush near by. The bush was called Sheagh-an-Cloiginn. It is now cut but the hollow still remains which is called Clais-an-Cloighinn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Tuam, Co. Roscommon
    Collector
    John Dowling
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonageeragh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Very Reverend Canon T. Hurley
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Priest
    Address
    Kilroosky, Co. Roscommon