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School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)

Location:
Killadoon, Co. Mayo
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Padhraic Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137C, Page 04_013

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    of the cross but for what reason no one knows.
    There is a large stone standing to the north side of the wider school. There is about seven feet of it over the ground, and there must be a large portion of it underground for it stands there firmly. There is no written history about it. But the old people say that they were used as landmarks in olden times. Other people say that they were put up there to mark the burial places of chieftans, and other Gaelic warriors.
    Story told by a man named
    John Keane
    Kelladone
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Mannion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadoon, Co. Mayo