School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 512)

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   “St Colman, the Patron of Cloyne was going to build a little house for his mother at Kilva, in the parish of Cloyne and he went to Carrigshane for the foundation stone...”

   

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   she got so proud of them she lost her virtue, and the apron caught fire. When she reached home she told Colman, and he threw this great stone after her. There is a huge stone in Mc Carthy's field and to the present day it is called "St Colman's Rock."
   The Protestant Church in Cloyne is the cathedral built by St. Colman. When the Cathedral was built, one Sunday the priest said mass, and afterwards, a man from Ballycroneen, known as "Johnny the Prophet", said that the mass on that day three weeks wouldn't be finished. When that day three weeks came, the priest was saying mass. After the Gospel, he turned round to make some announcements, and he asked if Johnny the Prophet was in the church. "Yes, I'm here," said Johnny. "Where's your prohecy now Johnny"? said the priest. "The mass isn't finished yet father", said Johnny. That minute news came that Cromwell was coming, and the priest + people fled, + took refuge in breed's caves outside the town. There they stayed until the soldiers passed. It was Cromwell who turned the Cathedral into a Protestant Church, and to this day it stands as such.
   Peggy Leahy,
   Inagreega,
   Midleton
   Co. Cork

   

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Kilva, Co. Cork

   Collector

   Peggy Leahy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Innygraga, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr Leahy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Innygraga, Co. Cork