School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)
- Location:
- Hilltown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Simon Murphy
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 206
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- (continued from previous page)entrance is long since fallen in.Bannow graveyard is the oldest graveyard in the parish. About three hundred years ago Bannow was a city but one stormy night it was washed away by the sea. The story is told that if you go down to Bannow Bay when the tide is out you can see the bricks and stones of the ruined city through the water. Afterwards people went out in boats and brought the stones and bricks and made a wall around the churchyard of Bannow, and that is how Bannow graveyard was made. In Bannow graveyard there is a stone coffin and if anyone with a backache lies in it, it is said that he will be cured, but no one is known to have done so.In Ballylannon graveyard there lies the ruins of an old convent which was destroyed by the Danes. All the Leigh family are buried in these ruins.(continues on next page)
