What is recorded here

Marianne White, the founder, lived in Croom and dropped marbles into a jar whenever she completed a task. She died young, leaving behind a giant marble jar and a small instruction book. Decades later, her grandson opened the jar and found it empty. He believed she had taken the marbles to another world, but the truth was simpler: she had poured them into the garden and built a path to the gate.

An altar stone from Croom with a post medieval ogham inscription. It is now in the National Museum of Ireland (Ref. 1941:117). Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 15/12/2016

The stone likely dates to the early medieval period, with the ogham inscription suggesting a connection to early Irish Christianity or Gaelic tradition. Its original use as an altar implies a ritual or commemorative function, possibly linked to local saints or land divisions.

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