Kill of the Grange

Nearest town:
Bray (9km SE)
OS reference:
O226272
OS sheet:
50
Latitude:
53° 16' 51.43 N
Longitude:
6° 9' 42 W
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Image of Kill of the Grange (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

A leftover from Halloween occupies the basin 2/2/13

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Feb 3, 2013
Image of Kill of the Grange (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

Kill of the Grange bullaun stone is fantastic

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ryaner
ryaner Oct 22, 2007

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Kill of the Grange

ryaner
ryaner Oct 22, 2007

A great, semi-buried stone, grafittied and otherwise ignored. The basin is huge, after the soil and broken glass have been removed. Bullauns always fascinate me; how were the basins carved? How long did it take? Were they worked with a denser, harder stone? As is mentioned in Monumental About Pre-historic Dublin (I wouldn’t have found the stone without it!) it would be great to see it raised and the basin enabled to collect rainwater again.

Folklore

Kill of the Grange
Bullaun Stone
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Jun 2, 2025

The Old Grave in the Kill of the Grange.

On the entrance of the old grave yard of the old Kill of the Grange you will see an old grave, which has a legend attached to it. A servant lady who was a Catholic worked for a Protestant people and soon forgot her religion. One morning she went to Holy Communion and after receiving she took the Holy Sacrament from her mouth and put it into her pocket. When she reached home, she cut it with a knife and it started to bleed. Six months later she died a most agonising death. At her funeral the hearse stopped at the gate and would not go any further so they had to bury her at the gate.

I’d like to hazard that this story (a.k.a. terrifying threat to children to frighten them into being obedient serious Catholics) refers to the stone? What do you think, Ryaner? It was collected and written down in the 1930s as part of the Schools’ Collection of folklore (now to be seen at Duchas.ie.

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