School: Toomore (roll number 16401)

Location:
Toomore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 148

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  1. On the side of the road leading from Foxford to Curinarrow which lies to the south east of this town there is a rock which bears the footprint of a saint and a point of a stick.
    Up to the present day it is strongly believed to be that of a saints, and it was firmly thought that the parish church would be built there. The track of the heel, the toes, and the stick is about a quarter of an inch in depth.
    Long ao it was the custom to build a mound of stones on
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
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