School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 15_014
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- All most (Almost) every parish have a certain saint attached to it.
Long years ago when St Patrick was in Ireland it is said that he went to the top of "Slieve na mban" and got a stone and threw it.
It landed in a field about five miles from Kells beside the road going to Kilkenny.
When Saint Patrick came down from the mountain he found the stone in the field(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Lannigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Michael Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Garrynamann Lower, Co. Kilkenny
