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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

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Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 111

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    two round bowls like holes, or receptacles, which held the holy water. At the eastern side of those fonts, the ground is high,not very much though. This part was the grave-yard or burial-ground. It is recorded locally that the last corpse interred here, was carried on a bier from Co. Limerick, sometime about the 17th century.
    About one hundred yards from where the church stood, there is an underground passage, going in a north westerly direction, some say it is only about 50 yds long, but I know it is much longer, legend has it, that in the times of persecution here, this cave
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    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Lena Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scogh, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Philip O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Killonerry, Co. Kilkenny