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   It was at a place now known as Ballyvourney that she eventually came upon the sleeping deer, and there she consecrated her life to God and became renowned for heroic penances. The monastery she caused to be erected by St. Abban, of Slievemargy, who made her its abbess in recognition of her extraordinary piety.

   Tradition says that St. Abban died at Ballyvourney, and that, at the moment of his death one of the nuns of St. Gobnait happened to be so ill that the holy abbess was afraid the "keen" or death-wail raised at his funeral might disturb the poor invalid. As usual, in any difficulty, she had recourse to prayer, so that, wonderful to relate, not one sound of all the crying and wailing outside penetrated the sick-room.

   The stone St. Gobnait knelt on as she prayed is still pointed out by the good folk of Ballyvourney who stoutly maintain that anyone standing upon it would not hear even the loudest clap of thunder were it ever so near.

   Another miracle of St. Gobnait relates to Gurteen-na-Plagha, in the parish of Ballyvourney. The literal meaning of the name is the

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie O Riordan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Seanbhaile Sheáin, Co. Cork