School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)
- Location:
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mrs Nora Lally
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 284
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- (continued from previous page)Captain Strych who also gave stern commands to his men in defence of the friars and their monastery.
In 1614 however Kilconnell was suppressed and granted by James 1st to one Calthorp. The friars befriended as ever by the O'Kellys continued to live in the neighbourhood. After the battle of Aughrim they took refuge in a neighbouring bog living in cabins and sheilings.
In 1838 when the bell of the monastery weighing one and a half cwts. was found in the friars' bog. It is believed that the body of St. Ruth was buried at Kilconnell after Aughrim but no stone or inscription remains to establish this fact.
- Collector
- Teresa Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Timothy Burke
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
