1. TOUR OF KILLALA AND DISTRICT THE BUS ARRIVES EARLY AS THE SUN RISES OVER THE OX MOUNTAINS….A FINE DAY AHEAD THANK GOD

2. Ogham Stone • This is a picture of Brestagh Ogham stone. At the corner there are little lines which are really writing. In the Stone Age, people used to write on the edges of these standing stones.

3. St. Patrick’s Well, Foghill • St. Patrick’s well in Foghill. Patrick spent much of his youth here working as a shepherd. In his dreams he heard the people of Foghill begging him to return. Legend has it that he baptised 900 people here in one day. The holy well is still there and every Garland Sunday mass is said there.

4. Leigue Cross Leigue Cross • This is a picture of Leigue cross. The shoes are left in the picture to show you the size of the cross. Legend says that St. Patrick engraved it there himself.

5. Round Tower, Killala • This tower, built about 1,000 years ago, is 25 metres high and the lowest entrance is 3.3 metres above the ground. Some say that the souterrain in the grounds of the church across the road leads into it.

6. Moyne Abbey • Moyne abbey is one of many abbeys in Mayo. It is a Franciscan abbey. There is another Franciscan abbey nearby called Roserk abbey. There is an Augustinian abbey in Ballina, and a Dominican at Rathfran

7. Old Deanery, Killala • From here Bishop Stock sent his 2 sons out to welcome the “English” to Killala in 1798, but to his surprise it was the French and his sons were captured.

8. Humbert’s H.Q., Ballina • This is the door of the building where Humbert set up his H.Q. in 1798. The building is preserved. Notice the old stone steps. The street is now called Pearse St., but it was Knox St. then, named after a landlord.

9. Cathedral in Ballina • St. Muredach’s Cathedral was built in 1829, as Catholic Emancipation was being granted.

10. Post Boxes • Two post boxes in Ballina. The letters V and R stand for Victoria and Regina, which is Latin for queen. ERVII stands for Edward 7th, and for Rex, which means king. When the English ruled Ireland the boxes were painted red but when the Irish got their own government they painted them all green.

11. The Red Route • This is a picture of part of the English’s Red Route, between Ballina and Killala. The English tried to build a route around the world by train and by boat. But their plan ended 65 years ago when the track to Killala was removed. The route would have been completed at the deep sea at Blacksod

12. Christ the King • This statue of Christ the King is outside the cathedral in Ballina.

13. Humbert Monument • The Humbert monument is in Ballina beside Bohernasup. On the monument stands the Maid of Érin holding a sword, and her dog. The inscription on the monument is in Irish, English and French. Maud Gonne McBride unveiled this monument in 1898.

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