School: Kilnaleck (B.)

Location:
Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 119

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  1. About half a mile from Kilnaleck on the road between Kilnaleck and Ballinagh and in the townland of Drumbrath
    there is an old tombstone to be seen.
    The story about this
    tombstone is. There was a man who stole this stone from Kill graveyard so that he would have a flat hearth-stone. The man died and the house decayed.
    Sometime ago when men were ploughing they found the stone and placed it along the road. The inscription on the tombstone is
    I.H.S.
    PRAY FR Ye
    SOUL OF PA
    TRICK MURPHY
    WHO DEPARTED
    THIS LIFE FEB
    ? 2d 1742.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edmond Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan