School: Oileán Mhuire (Lady's Island)

Location:
Lady's Island, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
G. Ó Murthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0878, Page 204

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    in Ballyconnor. For a long time there were two skull bones in the window. This is how the local people say they came there. Long ago two priests were murdered there and it is said that the skulls belonged to them. If a person was in the chapel and the sun shining on the wall he would see the spatters of blood where the priests were murdered.
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    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
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