School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Sr. M. Columbanus
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- (continued from previous page)Soon afterwards he turned round and asked the question "Is there anyone here to serve my Mass?" The woman was too frightened to say anything. The priest then disappeared.
The following day, the old woman went and told the Parish Priest. Both of them stayed in the church that night. At mid-night the priest appeared on the altar, and repeated the same words. The Parish Priest served the Mass, and immediately the priest disappeared.
The Parish Priest told the woman, that the priest was a poor soul, who could not enter Heaven, because he had promised to read a Mass before he died.
About one mile outside the town, at a place called Tawnytaskin, there is a Mass rock situated. During the Penal Days in Ireland, Mass was(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr J. Drury
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardsallagh, Co. Roscommon
