School: Crosserlough
- Location:
- Crosserlough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: L. Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 303
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- (continued from previous page)There is a stone in the townland of Curraghabreedin and it is called Saint Patrick's stone.
it is a very big stone and it is in the land of Patrick Lynch.
It is oblong in shape and it is about seven feet long, five feet broads and four feet over the ground.
One side of it is facing the east and the other is facing the west.
There is a mark of Saint Patricks foot where he knelt where he left his staff and the is a mark of a child's foot on it too.
Many people visit this stone to get wants cured. They drop a pin in the footprint and say an Our Fathers and a Hail Mary to get them cured.Cures collected by Charles Lynch 14 years Currachabreedin Crosserlough Co. Cavan. Annie Conaty 13 years Drumscriddan Crosserlough Co Cavan. Andrew Bray 14 years, Latnadronagh Co. Cavan
- Collector
- Andrew Bray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Latnadronagh, Co. Cavan
- Collector
- Annie Conaty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Drumscruddan, Co. Cavan
- Collector
- Charles Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Curraghabreedin, Co. Cavan
