School: Cartrún
- Location:
- Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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An old story about my own grave yardIn the years of our fore fathers the people of my locality had their burial grounds in a grave yard on Corry Island in Loch Allen.
When a funeral was about to approach the island one of the people repeated some Latin words on the shore. Immediately after a big stone flag rose to the surface of the water.
The people left the coffin on the flag and it floated towards the island. The people(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patrick Beirne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Timpaun, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Tom Beirne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Srabra, Co. Roscommon