School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)and two at each side, - thus getting its name "Cuige Leagain". The antiquaries could learn nothing from it only pre-historic. Mr Westrapp Pres. of the R. I. A. could not give its date.
Far away on the other side of the River Deel lies the island of Greenish or in Irish "Oileán na Gréine" where where not long ago there was an altar to the Sun, for the people then were Sun worshippers. So the people living on the island still root up burned earth and bones to show the sacrifice of human beings.
Down at Ballynart are the remains of two wells called Sunday well - monuments of the piety of our people to the Catholic Faith.
At present the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Crowley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher