School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)
- Location:
- Owning, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernadette
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- There are two old tombstones in the ancient cemetry of Ahenny and many old stores are told about them.
There were seven brothers, bishops, and they were killed in some local place. Two of them were buried in Ahenny, one in Killamory, and four in Kilkieran. The night after their burial a tombstone appeared at the head of each grave. There is beautiful carving on them and someting like a bishop's mitre rests on each. During the Penal Days the English took one of them from Kilkieran with the intention of bringing it to England to copy the carving, but when it was put on board a ship(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Crowley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullahought, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Tullahought, Co. Kilkenny