School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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   wild wolf dogs of Minane might devour her."
   Remorse of conscience

   Whether with remorse of concience or with a foreboding of evil, at some think he hear the wild wolves baying, he tor issued forth, intot he night to find her.
   At Ahane Cross he found wolves or wild dogs devouring the few remaining bones - all that were left of his sister.
   At his approach the wolves were sowed with terror. In a voice of anguish the Saint implored "hevaen dire vengeance on thos edogs." Scarcely had he spoken when the dogs - or probably wolves - were turned into stone.
   The Saint reverently gathered up the bones of his sister, and carried

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baile Uí Bhuaigh, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Miss Mary Horgan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Annahala East, Co. Cork