School: Ballyseedy (roll number 9048/55)

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   There is a rude stone altar near Wether's Well in the front of which is set up a carved panel of black marble 3 1/2' long by 2' high showing three figures, the central one being that of a deceased bishop or abbot having on his right side the figure probably of St. Brendan and on the other that of a nun probably of St. Ita who may have been the patron saint of the deceased. This beautifully carved panel had formed part of an altar either at Ardfert Cathedral or at the Abbey Church of Ardfert or that of Kyrie Eleison at ODorney and was the work of a sculptor in the 13th or 14th century. No one knows in whose memory it was erected.
   It was bought from one of these sacred shrines by some faithful catholics, from whom

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Location

   Tralee, Co. Kerry

   Collector

   Han Brosnan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dromavally, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   William Brosnan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dromavally, Co. Kerry