School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)
- Location:
- Owning, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 042
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- In this Parish there are many different momuments namely:- stones, altars, and crosses. In the district of Ballykenebry there is to be seen by the roadside, as you journey along the by-raod to the townland called the Sweep:- a coffin stone. It is said that a sacrifice was offered there and buried under it. Some have tried to lift it but did not succeed in doing so and it is said that if you walk on the stone you would die. It is said that there are the bones of some important person of olden days and once a light was seen there very(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Honney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyhenebery, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr M. Honney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Ballyhenebery, Co. Kilkenny