School: Courtbane (roll number 14540)
- Location:
- Courtbane, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Mac Eochagáin
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- (continued from previous page)Conlon another mason.
I do not know who were the others who built it.
It is not long since it was built.There is a story told about a man named Jimmy Mc Ardle.
He was going hom one night and an the bell of Shelagh Church was ringing and the Church was lit up. He went up to see what was in it and he could see anything.
When he went down to the road it started again and nobody but himself heard it, and in a few weeks his brother died.
- Shelagh church was built in 1881. Men named Gregory, who lived in Clarnagh, built Shelagh church. There were other men along with him building(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Mc Ardle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Courtbane, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Henry Mc Ardle
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Courtbane, Co. Louth
