Stone of the Seven Bishops

Abstract: Story collected by Peig Ní Shéaghdha, a student at Boolyglass, Stoneyford school (Boolyglass, Co. Kilkenny) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0849/2/2

 Boolyglass, Stoneyford [Vol. 0849, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Kilkenny Schools

COLLECTOR
Shéaghdha, Peig Ní 
Gender
female
Location
Mullenbeg (Townland) 
Fiddown (Civil parish) 
Iverk (Barony) 
Kilkenny (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Stone of the Seven Bishops  [duchas:4750653]

In a place called Kilkeasy is a stone known as the stone of the Seven Bishops and it is said that under this stone are buried seven Bishops murdered in the penal days. 
A delicate interlacing on the stone which to the casual observer looks like Celtic ornamentation, reveals on closer examination seven Bishops all strewn in a mixed up condition on the ground. To the uninitiated the discovering of the figures is a pretty problem but once one has been found the others are immediately revealed.
Other tradition has it that only one Bishop is buried here, and that another lies in Kilcairn, and another in Ahenny.
All the trace of where the other four are buried, if they are not in Kilkeasy, is lost. All the stories however agree that there were seven Bishops murdered at the one time. Some hold that they were

The Stone of the Seven Bishops  [duchas:4750654]

murdered not at Kilkeasy but at Ballyconlan, but buried at Kilkeasy.

Resource description

Origin information
Boolyglass, Co. Kilkenny
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 134-135
Volume 0849
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Dhonnchadha.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
School location
Boolyglass An Bhuaile Ghlas Boolyglass Aghaviller Knocktopher Kilkenny
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4954920
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0849/2/2

Suggested credit
"The Stone of the Seven Bishops"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4954920>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Dhonnchadha.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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