School: Cnocán Mhichil Naofa (Clochar)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: an tSiúr Síle
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- (continued from previous page)for keeping Easter. A conference at York under Bishop Wilfrid failed to settle the dispute. Osway the King taking the part of Wilfrid, St Colman refused to submit and left for the west of Ireland with 40 monks of Lindsfar Landing in Boffin, he was joined by many Irish monks. The Saxon and Irish monks differed about the ingathering of the harvest and St Colman decided to separate the monks and found two separat monastic establishments. For thi purpose he sailed to the mainlan (Mayo) travelled through wood lan till he reached the first cleared space in the present village of Mayo Abbey. Fatigue caused him to rest, and in his sleep he had a dream that the local chief(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O Toole
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Dr Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Dochtúir
- Address
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo