School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 538
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- (continued from previous page)No ruins of a church built by any of these saints exist in either of the three places.
There is an old church in ruins in Maghera and when men were taking it down to get the stones over a hundred years ago they got a bishops skull buried under the altar.
- Saint Anne is regarded as the only Saint traditional connected with this district.
There was a church dedicated to her name builtin it also.
There are no stories told about her or no trace(continues on next page) - Collector
- Madge Hanratty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Hanratty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
