School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- Location:
- Lucan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr Gabriel
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 308](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0793%2FCBES_0793_308.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 308
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- XML Page 308
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title)
“The old churchyard of Esker is situated about half a mile from the village of Lucan...”
The old Churchyard of Esker is situated about half a mile from the village of Lucan and is near where one of the oldest bridges in Ireland stands. Near this old bridge is the Cemetery. It is overgrown with weeds and nettles but the ruins of the old Church still stand erect. It is said that this church was destroyed by Cromwell. There is a chalice carved out on a stone slab which marks the burial place of a holy priest and in wet weather the mouth of the chalice gets filled with water. Less than a year ago a girl living in that district was cured of warts by washing her hands in the water found in the Chalice.
In the wall the print of the devil's foot can be seen plainly in cement. There is also a vault here, iron rails surround it. It can be entered by a gate(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lucan, Co. Dublin