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School: Baile an Chaisil B.

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Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
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Mícheál de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0139, Page 478

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0139, Page 478

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  1. Píobaire Rua (continued)

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  2. A Doonfeeney Bishop

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    Once when priests and bishops were on the run and prices laid on their heads there was a bishop hiding in Doonfeeney.
    Now this bishop was hiding in a stack of turf and nobody knew about it only the owner of the stack. Johnie Lavelle was his name. Every day when no one would be looking he used to steal to the stack and bring food to the bishop.
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