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1. Local Ruins (continued)

   

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   present Protestant Church was being erected
   The road going through the townland of Coppenagh, and joining the Old-Castle Virginia road at Lurgan Glebe, is said to have been constructed as the instance of a rector for his convenience when going to Lurgan church.
   The church is not mentioned among those used for any kind of religious services in the diocese of Kilmore in sixteen twenty.
   The ruin is generally referred to locally as the "Cully Dhu" meaning "Black Church" and the name is derived from the "black order on monk's" to whom the church belonged.

   

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2. Religious Stories

   

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   A true story in connection with Religion occurred in Ballinamore ten or eleven years ago. A man said that a cruicfix in his house began to bleed and that a well appeared in his kitchen.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
         1. religious tales (~1,085)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Miriam Arnold

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Virginia, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr Arnold

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Virginia, Co. Cavan