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1. Kilfarboy

   

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   Kilfarboy
   A Tale of the Ancient Church of Kilfarboy.
   It is situated in the townland of Kilfarboy, about 2 miles from Miltownmalbay. In the time of the Penal Laws it was taken from the Franciscans by the Protestants, and the Catholics were compelled to attend there at Service, under pain of eviction.
   All of the land around the church at that time was planted and cultivated by the Friars. The Catholics were so angry their church to be taken from them. One Sunday when all the Protestant gentry were collected from Spanish Point and the country around, 3 young men concealed themselves, up the trees, and the horses and gigs - the mode of conveyance they had at the time - were gathered outside in the yard. The men carried instruments made of sheep skins, and brass tingling boxes called "bouraun" which when worked with a cord gave out a strange weird sound. In the middle of the Service they worked the strange sound, all the horses took fright and darted in every direction. The people inside heard the uncanny sound, rushed to the doors and were trampled

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   Stair Athraigh

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   Béarla

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   John O' Connor

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   Fireann

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   Ballyvaskin South, Co. Clare