School: Ballycumber (C.)
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mrs Fenelon
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- (continued from previous page)saint should be buried.
After two days they had not decided and they left the place where the saint had died. But when they reached the cross-roads a little man dressed in red appeared who told the people to leave down the coffin and look behind. When they looked around again the little man had gone and there were two coffins instead of one on the road. The Leamonaghans took one and the Killmonaghans took the other and to this day it is not known where he is buried.
- The beautiful shrine of Saint Manchan can be seen in Boher Church. It was made in the school of Clonmacnoise in the twelfth century. It takes the shape of a steeple roof the ends of which are triangular. The frame work is of yew. On the sloping sides there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Harrie Fenlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Canon Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath
