School: Caisleán Mathúna (B) (roll number 16202)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: T. Ó Hárdaigh
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- (continued from previous page)that monastery was being built a black pig would come every night and knock the built part down. One of the monks watched one night, and saw a black pig swimming from the north. It went to the monastery and knocked down what had been built. It took one stone across every night and left it on a spot at the far side. On this spot the monastery was built. Columcille had prophesied this.There are no ruins of the monastery except a few stones and crosses. There is a wishing tree in the [grayard?] of the monastery. If a person suffering from toothache puts(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Charlie Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Market Square, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- David Stuart
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Market Square, Co. Monaghan