School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Peter Hegarty
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- St Kyran is the patron saint of this district and he had his church and monastery in a place about one mile South of Errill on Mrs (Bowes?) land.About two hundred yards from the monastery there is St Kyran's well and about one hundred years ago there was a pilgramage to it on St Kyran's (Day?) which was a holiday then.As the opposite side of the graveyard there is St Kyran's tree and there was a well in the trunk of it. When ever a funeral is passing to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown Glebe, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Harristown, Co. Laois