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School: Cill Éinne (Killina) (roll number 12818)

Location:
Killinny East, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire C. Ní Ghríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0048, Page 0204

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  1. History of Killina - A Story

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    Long ago about eighty years ago there was a great battle fought in our village. There was a Queen from the North also at the battle. She was fighting among the people and the Queen got killed in the middle of the battle. She had a great lot of precious jewellery. The men buried her standing up in the grave. The people say that it is in Burke's field she is buried. The men planted a hawthorn tree over her grave and the people say that there are four black cats guarding the treasure there always. Cilleení was the name of the Queen. The grave is still there and plain to be seen.
    Paddy Forde (11 yrs)
    Cill Einne,
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Forde
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Killinny East, Co. Galway