School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)
- Location:
- Baile Hoiste, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 171
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- Mary Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Fhiacal, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- It is situated about ten miles from the school. It is a limestone rock which is about three hundred feet high. This is how it was made. One day the school met Saint Patrick on the Slieve Bloom mountains. St. Patrick said to the devil that the ground they were standing on would one day be covered with many buildings. St. Patrick's words came true. One day the devil was following an angel and he took a bite out of the mountain(continues on next page)
