School: Graystown, Killenaule
- Location:
- Graystown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Robert Hall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0564, Page 285
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- (1) All the traditions of the Gobán Saor have now died out in this district, though at one time it was very common. There is an "island" in lios arha (Lisaw or Lisaha) bog called the Goban's Island. There is an old ruined church in the middle of the "island" which corresponds in dimensions to other churches ranged in a radius of about 2 miles from the castle of Graystown. It was told that six churches could be seen from the castle's parapets.
I have ideas in the back of my mind that the Gobán was fair haired, tall and athletic looking in appearance;; I cannot trace where I got these impressions from, I know that when I was young I eagerly sought for stories of him and I was generally to be found listening to old men telling stories of the Goban:(continues on next page)
