Volume: CBÉ 0189

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1. Adamstown

   

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   St. Abban is said to have built seven churches round about Adamstown the sites of most of these churches are now unknown.
   One church is said to have been in Doonooney, or Coolnagree, and the remains of an ould churchyard was found there.
   A story is told by an old [?] about this graveyard.
   The owner of the land on which it was found desired to build a ditch across the place. While he was digging he happened on a tomb stone, and he soon found out that the place was an old grave-yard.
   This did not deter the old man. In spite of advice he continued to dig and build. But very soon he was tied to his bed with a terrible

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script