School: St. Mary's (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
A. Mac Uidhlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 448

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  1. This story occured during the Penal Days. My mother, may God have mercy on her soul told me it many a time.
    During the Penal Days, Priest Lane was called Flail (Flail) Lane because the farmers used to bring their corn to a big shed in the lane to be threshed.
    A Priest, whose name is not known had a hiding place in the Lane. A woman used to bring the Priest food and milk every day but one day the can was leaking and the milk began to drip and left a trail to the Priest's hiding place.
    Some soldiers were coming along the lane at the time and when they seent the trail they followed it and it led them to the Priest's hiding place.
    They murdered the Priest and since then the lane is called Priest Lane.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Mc Quillan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Old Hill, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mary Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sampson's Lane, Co. Louth