School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)
- Location:
- Rerrin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 138
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- (continued from previous page)names of the deceased carved out and others with no crosses.
- There are only two standing stones in the district that I know of - one situated in the townland of Greenane and the other in Ballinakilla. The one in Greenane is very large and an ancient one. Its height overground is about ten feet and some people say that it was placed there to mark the centre of the Island but that is not so. Some more learned people say that it was a great battle was fought and won there, and this stone was put standing there in honour of their victory, whether this is so or not we do not know as we have no history to tell us about it.
The stone in Ballinakilla is a much smaller one and we do not know anything about it but the place around it is called "Rínne-Golláin." I know of two stones in the townland of Ardagh with writing called Ogham which was their method of writing in olden times. One is to be seen by the roadside near Mr. J. Sullivan's house, and the other is at the entrance of a "lios" in Mr E. Mc Carthy's farm. There are(continues on next page) - Collector
- Margaret Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Florence Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardagh, Co. Cork
