School: Dubhloch, Cill Mháille (roll number 14698)
- Location:
- Dúloch, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Maoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0625, Page 107
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- There is a little field in the Cuillenagh known as the "Soldiers' haggard". Tradition says that Cromwell's soldiers murdered one of these monks and he was buried somewhere in the precincts of the Cillíní.There is also a peninsula of land jutting out at the western end of the lake. Old people say that one day while one of the monks was reading his office by the shore of the lake, he became so concerned about his devotions that he completely forgot to raise his lips. When he did realise fully where he was he had discovered that the land had moved out with him and that he was thus providentially saved from drowning.
- Adjacent (?) to the Cuillinagh some hundred years and more there was a very flourishing Mill operating. It was owned by the Lynches a family which took(continues on next page)
