School: Dromakeenan

Location:
Drumakeenan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ní Fhallamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0818, Page 135

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0818, Page 135

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  1. Belfield got that name because there is a bell hidden in a field there The bell was taken from Kilmurray church and used at the yard at Belfield to call the men to work.

    One day when the man who owned Belfield came out he thought the place was on fire and it stayed like that until the bell was taken down and it was hidden and has never been found.
    In Kilcommon St. Cuimin had a church and St Cronan wanted to see where their districts ended. One morning when St Cuimin was shaking Holy water outside his church St. Cronan came to him and said wherever the sprinkler landed
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