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School: Clonmacnoise

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 041

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    St Ciaran
    St Ciaran was born in Fuerty in Co Roscommon. His first teacher was Justice. At the age of sixteen he went to Clonard, when he was going, he asked his mother for a cow but his mother refused. Ciaran went to the stable where the cow was. He blessed the cow and she followed him to Clonard, while there she supplied the whole monastery with milk.
    On another occasion his mother asked him why he wasn't gathering the honey like the other little boys. Ciaran asked her for a bucket. She gave him the bucket. Then Ciaran filled the bucket with water at the well, blessed the water and as soon as he did this, it was turned into a bucket full of honey.
    Then he went home to his mother and gave the bucket of honey to her. She sent him to Justice, his teacher, with the bucket of honey.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Mc Evoy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Flannery
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Clonascra, Co. Offaly