School: Milverton (roll number 15569)
- Location:
- Milverton, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Joseph Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)the Church was as a road was constructed through the cemetery leaving a portion of it on the opposite side of the road.
Different legends are told about the foundation of the Church. The following is one of them. A ploughman took a pair of horses to plough it and while doing so a stranger who was passing by forbade him to continue as it was St Mauvee's day and a holyday.
He answered and said.
"St Mauvee or Saint Mauvo
I'll plough my frough before I go".
No sooner had he uttered the words than the ground opened and swallowed him and his pairs of horses.
- Collector
- Kathleen Halpin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Margaretstown, Co. Dublin
