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School: Tulach Beag (roll number 10717)

Location:
Tully Beg, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Anna Stamhbridge
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 152

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  1. The Local Patron Saint

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    From
    Frank Crerand,
    Breen,
    Ramelton

    Saint Columcille was the Patron Saint of this district. He was born at Gartan in Co Donegal, and educated in a monastry near Kilmacrennan. The ruins of this monastry are still to be seen.
    There is a lough near Milford, and it is called after Columcille.
    Columcille was heard to say, that if anyone interfered with this lough, that the guilty person would either go blind or die in the work-house or in the asylum and these words came true.
    Three men later interfered with it. Before long two of them were sent to the asylum and the other man went blind. There is a small island in the centre
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl Kilpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Tully Mountain, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Frank Crerand
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Tully Mountain, Co. Donegal