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    followed it in a boat.
    When the flag reached the island the people took off the coffin and the flag disappeared and was not seen again until another person repeated the words again.
    On day a Protestant corpse was about to be taken out to the grave yard. It was brought to the shore and a Catholic man repeated the words and immediately the flag floated beside the shore but as soon as the coffin was left on the flag it sank with the coffin and was never seen again.
    Patrick Beirne
    Timpawn.
    Loch Allen
    Carrick-on-Shannon
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Timpaun, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Tom Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Srabra, Co. Roscommon