School: Kilmacanogue, Bray
- Location:
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chuinneáin
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- (continued from previous page)each way. On the south side stands an angle of ancient wall built of stones and mortar 4' 2" high 2' 2" thick. There is a clump of stones and thorns at the north side 30' long by 12' broad and 2'2' in height.There is an ancient holly tree in full vigour at the south-east angle a cross is cut in the tree and funerals stopped here and recited the prayers for the dead.About thirty yards east of there are the traces of an ancient church. A few stones of irregular shape remain in the foundation of the south wall; the stones appear to have been carried away from the north side within a comparatively late period. A heap of stones and rubbish occupies the place of the western gable, along which lies a large shapeless lump of a stone, having at the top a rudely formed cavity 7" deep and 9" in diameter at top, narrowing gradually to the bottom. This was a holy water(continues on next page)
