School: Iubhrach (roll number 8074)
- Location:
- Uragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Cristíne Ní Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 275
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“A visit to Cornwall graveyard will amply repay anyone interested in antiquarian subjects.”
A visit to Conwall graveyard will amply repay anyone interested in antiquarian subjects. Conwall in Irish means ecclesiastical habitation and there is a legend which tells that it was erected in one night. There is a well close by called St. Patricks well, which would seem to imply that St. Patrick baptised the people of that district at that place and the probability is that the people hearing of his coming in their direction on his way to Bundoran erected a habitation for himself and his companions overnight. In the graveyard are a number of tombstones on which are carved the coats of arms of some of Breffni's Chiefs and Clans. One is Mac Clancy, Cheif of Dartry (now the barony of Rossclogher) whose island stronghold may yet be seen on a crannoge in Lough Melvin, which was formerly connected with the mainland by a draw-bridge in the arch of which can be seen in the water on a clear day, and(continues on next page)