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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 216

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 216

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  2. Local Folk-Tales

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    Long, long ago it is said that there was a monastery in the townland of Killourney, Cloghan, Offaly. A priest is supposed to have been killed near this. It is said that the soldiers overtook him in Ballysheil nearby and cut off his head. His body walked headless for about one hundred yards, and *[his head rolled into a well] in a garden which is now owned by a man name Michael
    *Another version of this story says that a well spring up at the spot to which the head rolled.
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