School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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- XML “Story - The Bell of Ballinakill”
- XML “Story - Protestant Landlord and Jockey”
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- (continued from previous page)to the Museum. In the graveyard there are the remains of an old Monastery, and it is thought that the bell belonged to it as there are many other articles belonging to it in the graveyard.
- Once upon a time, it is said that there lived a protestant landlord, called Wilson. He owned all the land around Ballinakill graveyard. It seems that he employed a jockey from Northern Ireland. After some time, this man died, and, he was buried in the Catholic Graveyard in Ballinakill.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Gilleran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonkeel, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Dennigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knappoge, Co. Longford