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   had to be muzzled with a wire. Muzzle, and third cut his own throat. This is how God punished those villians for treating the priest so cuelly

   

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2. The Penal Days

   

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   IV A priest named Fr, Kilmartin lived in the district during the Penal Times. The people erected an Altar for him in a deep hollow near the Knock. he read mass there every Sunday and the people flocked to hear it. One Sunday during Mass a man was seen passing and the people hid behind rocks. He did not notice the people but passed on. The priest finished Mass and all the people returned hom. On the following Sunday when the people were gathering to Mass they met the same man whose name was McDonagh. He followed them towards the hollow and hid behind the hills. The priest came and said Mass but as he was finishing McDonagh and three other finest hunters arrived and captured him. They took him away behind a high hill and beheaded him. They left his body on

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs M. Gillen

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   73

   Address

   Ballinphull, Co. Sligo