School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: D. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 414
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- (continued from previous page)day as the monk was walking along the country, he came to Askeaton. As the monk was very tired and hungry he asked an old woman for food and a place to rest. The woman gave him food and a place to sleep. The woman told her son to put the goat out of "Gort-na-Sudaire". The monk was awakened by the name, and when he saw the place he began to build the monastery. One day as the men were going home from work, a man asked them for work but they said that they had enough of men working. Before the dinner the men were unable to remove a very large stone, and when they went after dinner, the stone was placed in the right place. The people found out that it was the strange man who did it, but he could not be found afterwards.
- Collector
- John Nestor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown North, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Nestor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Milltown North, Co. Limerick
