School: Ballymakenny, Drogheda (roll number 831)

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   "One day in a foreign land a saint called St. Denis was cast adrift on the sea on a big stone. They thought that it would sink but instead the stone kept afloat and it is supposed to have sailed into Clogher Head about five miles from Ballymakenney. St. Denis is the patron saint of Clogher Head" The above is often told in the district. It was written down my Nicholas Mc Quillan of this school from his aunt of Cartown, Ballymakenny. It is found too in John O'Donovans history of 100 years ago

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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nicholas Mc Quillan

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Branigan

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   35

   Address

   Carstown, Co. Louth

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   "Once upon a time a man hung himself on a brance of a tree in a field. A man went up on the tree and cut down the branch. The man who hung himself was buried and the branch lay there. Some time after two men were out in the field and saw the branch One of the put it on his shoulder and took it home for firewood. They passed through the gate and out on the road

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