1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche

School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche

Location:
Knockanean, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0594, Page 134

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0594, Page 134

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche
  2. XML Page 134
  3. XML “Sites of Churches and Graveyards”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Sites of Churches and Graveyards (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    134
    three churches and that Carrantemple was the third.
    The Story among the old people regarding the building of the Church by St.Brecan is as follows.-"When St Brecan came to Doora to to build his church he first laid the foundation of it at Killavella. While building there a woman passed one day and did not say "God bless the work".St Brecan decided that this was an unlucky omen and he took a step which landed him in Ballaghboy .The print of his foot is to be seen there.The place was too rocky and uneven and he proceeded to Upper Doora near the Railway.He found the ground too wet and soft and at last he found a little hill on which the burial ground now ."
    Another story used be told of the building of the church by St Brecan ."St Michael the Archangel guided St Brecan to Doora and directed him to build a church at Carrantemple but he never finished the Church because he thought it would not be lucky as he was working a woman passed by and never said "God bless the work" .St Michael then took a large step which landed him in the well -crag in Kilbrecken.A blessed well sprung up where he left his foot and to mark the spot he planted an ash tree.He said that people would visit there and pray and that he would hear and answer their prayers and he directed St Brecan to proceed to Doora where the churchyard now is."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Mac Inerney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Killawinna, Co. Clare