School: Cloonty
- Location:
- Cloonty, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Michael Mac Gowan
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- On St. Martin's Night which falls on the every year people kill some fowl. This custom is carried out because St. Martin was put to death for the Faith.Blood is spilled then to put us in mind of this Martyr. It is said if we did not kill some fowl some of our own cattle would die during the year.
- Collector
- Kate Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolagraffy, Co. Sligo