School: Cillíní Díoma (roll number 15071)
- Location:
- Killeenadeema, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Uinsionn Ó Conáin
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- (continued from previous page)stones with a hole in one. They were used for grinding corn. The corn was let drop in the hole and the other stone was twisted and in this way the corn was ground.
Seaniarsmaí
“There is a lot of stones in Baile na gCnocán...”
There is a loct of stones in Baile na gCnocán. It is said that a member of the Smyth family was burried there long ago.
There is another loct in Cnoc hAise.
It was the burrial place for children 600 years ago.
There is a rock in Buaicín where mass used to be said during the Penal Laws. It is said that the priest knelt on the rock and left a hole there. There is water in the hole every day of the year with which the people bless themselves when they pass the rock.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brighid Breathnach
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeenadeema, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Seán Ó Cléirigh
- Gender
- Male