School: Sisters of Charity Convent N.S., Bealach an Doirín
- Location:
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. Seosamh Ní Cheallaigh
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Kiltobranks Cave
There is a Cave in Kiltobranks. It is on the top of a hill. It is mysterious for many reasons.
1 It is built on the top of a hill and there is always water in it. The dryest Summer that ever came, it was never known to dry up.
2 A spring well three hundred feet below the cave level dries every Summer.
3 The surface of it is in the shape of a heart.
4 There are several rooms in it, and they are getting bigger as they go on.
5 The water in the cave is supposed not to boil.
6 It is believed that St. Patrick(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Roddy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltybranks, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Roddy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kiltybranks, Co. Roscommon