School: Bealach, Bansha (roll number 1131)

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   “The story is about a large stone which now lies at the side of the Bansha - Galbally road in the townland of Gortavoher.”

   

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   The following story was told by Mrs M Harrington who resides about one hundred yards from Ballagh School. She is about 70 years of age. The story is about a large stone which now lies at the side of the Bansha Galbally road in the townsland of Gortavoher. This rather famous stone has a cross carved on it and at the foot of the cross are two small hollows. The old people say that a saint knelt there and that these hollows are the imprints of his knees. No matter how dry the weather is there some amount of water in these hollows. "A farmer living in the vicinity of the stone once used to fence a gap in a ditch which had got broken down. He succeeded in this but in the morning when he

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs M. Harrington

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70

   Address

   Ballagh, Co. Tipperary