School: Garrdha Dubhlios, Pálás Gréine (roll number 10991)
- Location:
- Garrydoolis, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Nuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0518, Page 038
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“I heard a very interesting story from a man in the neighbourhood concerning an ancient disused churchyard in Kilcornan.”
I heard a very interesting story from a man in the neighbourhood concerning an ancient disused churchyard in Kilcornan. In former times a road led to it but it is long since closed up and a trace of it scarcely remains.
In it was buried Morragh a wizard who performed wonderful feats in his day. On one occasion he had a fight with another man who pulled off one of his arms and he joined it to himself again. About eighty years ago the church yard fell into disuse and a neighbouring farmer levelled off the graves and took away the tomb stones, some of the latter may still be seen as lintels over door-ways. The surface of the field is still quiet black. The first year it was a garden and they dug one big potatoe closely resembling a human(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloghaready, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Tobin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Scrag, Co. Limerick