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School: Clonlyan

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Clonlyon Glebe, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Mary Macaulay
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 364

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    There is an old church near St. Brides' where I live and when St. Kieran was going to build his church he started building up here and when half build he heard a voice saying to go away: that the land was too rich. He went to the banks of the Shannon and build his church there. During the penal times Mass was said in the old church, because it was a lonely place. After a while it was distroyed and it is thought that the sacred vessals are hidden there but no one ever sought them, because it is siad that the voice which spoke to Kieran would tell them to go away.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Caulfield
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glebe, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Peter Caulfield
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glebe, Co. Offaly