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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha (roll number 10047)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0342, Page 123

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  1. Saint Gobnait of Ballyvourney (continued)

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    standing on that same spot could never afterwards hear a violent sound - not even the sound of the loudest thunder-clap!
    Another wonder connected by popular tradition with the name of St Gobnait was her stemming of a tide of pestilence that spread desolation and death through a certain part of the neighbourhood. The afflicted people appealed to the Abbess of Ballyvourney to intercede with Almighty God to spare them further suffering. Therefore Gobnait, it is told proceeded in person to the stricken place, and marking it out as consecrated ground, forbade the plague extend beyond it on any side.
    The spot has been known since as "Gurt-na-Plaga", the field of the plague; and it is a well known fact that this district has for ages back enjoyed immunity from pestilential sickness or disease.
    Remarkable as is the devotion of the faithful hearts of West Muskerry in general, and Ballyvourney in particular, to the memory of St. Gobnait at the present day, it was still greater in times gone by. For example the saints festival was formerly observed in West Cork as a holyday of obligation. At the opening of the 17th century Pope Clement VIII granted a special indulgence to all who might visit, in a spirit of devotion, the church of Ballyvourney on the Feast of St Gobnait. A copy of this document is preserved in the library of Trinity College, Dublin.
    On an eminence in the little village of Ballyvourney may still be seen the ruins of a medieval church
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cautie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glasheen, Co. Cork