School: Moycarkey, Thurles

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   “Michael Fahy was lives about a mile from the "Gobán Saor" island in Lurgoe...”

   

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   for the men of the district on the island. On one of these occasions a few men got tired and lay down and fell asleep. Their companions seeing them asleep did not wish to disturb them and going home, left them there. They were awakened by the ringing of a bell in an old building which is on the island. They saw men passing them by and thinking it might be their companions they followed them into the building. When they went inside, much to their surprise they saw that they were all monks. A priest was saying mass at an

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   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Meehan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockroe, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   John Bermingham

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Address

   Knockroe, Co. Tipperary