School: Clareen, Birr

Location:
Clareen, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 323

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 323

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    St. Kieran's Day is often the occurrence of family reunions. Old residents never fail to do their rounds. If not on the feast day then some day during the Octave and they pay a visit to the old home and see their friends.
    For about thirty years now a pilgrimage is arranged by the P.P. after Benediction at the Parish Church. The whole congregation proceeds to the well. The rosary is recited, hymns are sung. The bush is visited, then the cemetery where the P.P. gives his audience an interesting account of everything connected with the old monastery and points out monuments, etc of historical interest. A round tower in the graveyard which had for years been used as an ash pit for the Protestant Church was during the last few years cleared by Rev. Mr. Gillen.
    Wall of graveyard is over 1000 years old.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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