School: Presentation Convent, Carlow
- Location:
- Carlow, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bonaventure
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0908, Page 033
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- (continued from previous page)was largely carried on at that time. This townland is in the parish of Killeshin in which there is a moat and the ruins of an old Norman Church. There is a beautiful old doorway which is in an excellent preservation. Many people come to look at it. There is also a holy well convenient to the ruins. Over-looking Killeshin on the top of the hill there is a Fairy-Rath the story goes that the man on whose land the Rath is, cut a tree and the next morning a cow was dead. That showed that the fairies did not like to be interfered with. Music was heard by different people returning home from rambling late at night.
There was and still exists(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Claire Cowley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolhenry, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Cowley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolhenry, Co. Laois
