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School: Gabhailín (Golden), Cashel (roll number 7820)

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Golden, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 236

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    Feabhra 1 Adh la, 1938.
    A Story.
    Near Golden in a mansion there lived a man named Parson Whitty.
    He used go around collecting the tithes.
    One day while he was collecting these he was killed. It is stated that he was after leaving a farmhouse when he met a workman in a field. This man had no great esteem for Parson Whitty so he killed him with a stroke of a fork which he had at the time.
    He was arrested, but there was no proof as to his guilt and he was acquitted. The Parson is said to have been seen in the spot where he was murdered.
    Patrick Egan heard this story from his father Richard Egan
    Golden.
    Aged 55 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. soothsayers (~116)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Golden, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Richard Egan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Golden, Co. Tipperary