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School: Ferbane (B.)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
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T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 209

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    church there and left it there half-finished. The reason why they left it was because they had arranged among themselves that if the first person should pass without saying "God bless the work" they would leave it and go to Clonmacnoise.
    And they did leave it and went to Clonmacnoise and succeeded in their work there. At Leamanaghan there is also an old graveyard a few fields in front of the school at Leamanaghan I did not hear anything about it, such as old churches being built there.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Devery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggan, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Devery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggan, Co. Offaly