School: Mostrim (B.) (roll number 2083)

Location:
Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Richard Hyland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 220

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  1. In the parish of Colm Kille in a townsland called Inch there is the ruins of a church. There remained a bell in this ruins. This place belonged to the Late Lord Granard and he wanted to take the bell out of the ruins and have it erected in Castle Forbes. So he sent two men to take down the bell as soon as it was at the castle it went ringing back to Inch ruins that night again. He got it brought once more and it went in the air a second time. So he got it brought back once more and took the tongue out of it so that it could not ring any more. So the bell went back to the ruins once more and the Parish Priest got it erected in the new church in Colm Kille and it can be heard at the present day ringing and the people all say that it never had the same tone from that day to this. The tongue taken out of the bell disappeared the same night that the bell was taken away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mac Glynn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Moatfarrell, Co. Longford