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School: Cadamstown, Kinnitty

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Cadamstown, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
B. Ní Chuignigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 250

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  1. The Local Patron Saint

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    The local patron saint of this district is St Cuddy. He founded a church and the ruins are still to be seen. There is a well which is called after him and the water in it is a cure for a toothache. Before he died he went all around the parish, and blessed it and said hunger or plague would not effect it.
    There is a rock beside the well and it is full of hollows on the top. these it is said were made by the saints knees when he would be praying. There was a graveyard there long ago and he is supposed to have been buried there. He was never known to have to have performed a miracle. There is a town called after him it is Killmacuddy.
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      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
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        1. penal times (~4,335)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cadamstown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Obdt. Timothy Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50

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    “There are many local fairs and the most important are Birr, Tullamore, Kilcormack and Kinnity.”

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    There are many local fairs and the most important are Birr, Tullamore, Kilcormack and Kinnity. The fairs are always held in a town. Sometimes the buyers go around and buy cattle especially before a fair. Long ago there used to be a fair in
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