School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 323
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- Some say St. Patrick and St Brigid are our patron saints. There are a lot of stones near Uisneach and they are called "St Patricks Bed". St Patrick is supposed to have slept there. There is a rock in Killare on the side of the road and it bears the print of a foot. People say this was St Patricks foot.
There is a well in Killare called St Brigids well, and it has a statue of the saint beside it. In the grave yard on the opposite side of the road is the ruins of the old church which was built by St. Brigid. A woman died up there once who wished to be buried in Killare but her friends wanted to bury her in Boher.
The coffined remains were placed in a hearse drawn by two horses. The funeral was ready to start but the horses refused to move. Then the priest came and he got a stone. He tied the reins around the necks of the horses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christy Scally
- Gender
- Male
