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    killed him and made four quarters of him, and hung him off a white thorn tree. White flowers always grew on that tree, but ever since red flowers grow on it. It is a very old tree but it will never be cut down. When the neighbours found St. Senan they gathered and got a long box of which they made a coffin.
    They buried him under the stone where he lay down for his pillow. After a short while the churchyard was built and consecrated, the nieghbours raised St. Senan's coffin, and buried him in it, they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kilshenane, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry