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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 186

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    Bishop Butler was the last of the Butler family, who had for generations lived in Shangarry (Ballingarry). The thought of being the last of a long honoured race troubled him unceasingly, until he decided to abandon his religion. He called himself Lord Dunboyne and soon after married a Protestant lady.
    When he was dying he sought to make his peace with God, but his wife would not allow a priest to see him. A great friend of "Bishop Butler",
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Horan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr T. Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary