School: Cartown, Clogherhead (roll number 1576)
- Location:
- Carastún, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Alice Mc Glue
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- (continued from previous page)The people of Clogher intended to bury their saint in his church in Clogher but the parishoners of Termonfeckin came to St Denis' Well where the body was being waked, stole the corpse & made off with it to bury it in Kilslaughtery. The theft was discovered. The Clogher people followed, overtook the funeral procession & demanded back the corpse. A fight ensued, but where the coffin had been laid there were now two coffins exactly alike.
The Clogher people got their choice & the remaining coffin was taken to Kilslaughtery. So the people of this parish believe St Denis is buried here. The people of Clogher say he is buried with them.
St Denis' Well is on the north side of Clogher Head along the sea shore. The tide washes up almost to the well & surrounds the dolman on which he (St Denis) is said to have been waked. Kilslaughtery is about 3 miles (as the crow flies) inland, south west of the Well. Some people say Kilslaughtery & the head of Clogher are connected by an underground passage which ends in a cave at the base of the head. This cave is locally known as "The Red House". It is said to have been used by sumgglers. It was used as a hiding place in times of Religious persecution(continues on next page)
