School: Cloran (roll number 5282)
- Location:
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0374
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- Long ago there was an old thatched church in Killua, it was dedicated to St. Lucy and there is a holy well in the neighbourhood called "St Lucy's Well". The old church was uprooted but there is an imitation of a cross in the wall beside the place where the old church was. it is a custom when funerals are going to the graveyard they go up to that cross and turn there before going in.
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- Collector
- Róisín Ní Charra
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Micéal Ó Carra
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- There is a field called "The Old Town" in this neighbourhood and it is believed that there was a town here long ago. There is a very high ground in this field and it(continues on next page)
