School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum

Location:
Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teachers:
Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 047

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 047

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  1. The Leipreachan
    The Leipreachan is called the Leipreachan around here. He is mostly making shoes. He is about one foot high.
    A man took his gold and that night him and his were burnt, while he was asleep.
    Cecil Ireland
    Whaley Abbey
    Rathdrum
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Local Ruins
    There is still the old Ruins of the Abbey, and there is a rock in the Middle of it. There was a church beside it, it was burnt and there is no sign of it now. It is in the townland of Whaley in the Parish of Ballinaclash in Co. Wicklow
    Cecil Ireland
    Whaley Abbey
    Rathdrum
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cecil Ireland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bahana (Whaley), Co. Wicklow