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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0488, Page 477

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  1. St Ita Finds Killeedy

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    Off Ita started God having told her that three Divine Lights should direct her on her journey. According to Local History the first appeared to her on the top of the Galtee mountains. Each day she travelled far, and found shelter at nights in the farmer's houses, as soon as the sun rose on the following morning she set out again. On she travelled never tiring, and never despairing and the second Light appeared to her on the hill dividing Limerick from Cork at a place called Mount Plummer. Here she was instructed that ther jouney was now almost complete as
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael O Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Churchtown, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    William O Dwyer
    Gender
    Male