School: Lurganboyce (roll number 14224)
- Location:
- Lurganboy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Cairbre
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1088, Page 003
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The District is named Oughterlin (Uachtar Ghleann nó Uachtar Linne). A river flows through the district and is named the Lynn River. In the sixth century St. Garvan established a monastery on the banks of this river in the townland of Drumhalla not far from where the river empties itself into Lough Swilly at Newbridge. St Garvan's grave is marked by a carved monolith and the place is locally known as Cillín. This St. Garvan was a contemporary and a kinsman of St. Colmcille. The parish in which the School is situated is named Cill Garbháin (Kilygarvan) after the Saint above-named. St. Garvan established a monastery at Aghowle* , Wicklow, before coming to Drumhalla and it is interesting to note that a field in the immediate vicinity of Cillín is still known as "The Orchard". A house situated a short
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