School: Cluain (C.) (roll number 15443)
- Location:
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Uí Sholamháin
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- Fenagh Abbeys are situated about five miles from the Parish of Cloone. They are very historic Abbeys. When learning was flourishing in Ireland, many students from the Continent flocked to this monastery to be educated. One Abbey was founded by St. Patrick, and the other was founded by St. Killian. People come from all parts of the country to see them, up to the present day. They are built with cut stone, all carved out by means of the tools the saints had in those days. When St. Cillian was building the Abbeys something in the shape of a hare would come every night(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortnarah, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Francis Reynolds
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Gortnarah, Co. Leitrim