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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile (roll number 4572)

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Kinsale, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. De Pazzi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0320, Page 162

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0320, Page 162

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  1. An Fuacht

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    On the hilly road leading to the Churchyard of Kinnure and on its northern side a man started one night to cut a scairt for firing. He had just begun to hack at the bush when a voice came from the ground on which he stood saying in a sorrowful tone O! An Fuacht! An Fuacht!" Needless to say the man ran away home.
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  2. The Convent and Schools

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    Fr Justin Mc Namara P.P. invited the Srs of Mercy from Limerick to found a convent in Kinsale. His own Sister Mother Mary Ann Bourke who was the real foundress was among the first number of sisters to arrive. The Priest purchased a house and garden for them. By a strange coincidence this house now part of the present Convent was at one time the residence of Captain Denis a notorious priest hunter. The found-
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