School: Cloontagh, Killashee (roll number 14650)
- Location:
- Cloontamore, Co. Longford
- Teacher: John J. Hanrahan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0754, Page 285
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“There is a story told that a priest was discovered in the penal times concealed in a chimney in Mosetown.”
There is a story told that a priest was discovered in the penal times concealed in a chimney in Mosstown. A crow or jackdaw that perched on the chimney was the means of betraying the hiding place to the soldiers. The priest cursed the crow and said that a crow would never make her nest in Mosstown from that time.
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“It is told that a Protestant family of the name of Beatty...”
It is told that a Protestant family of the name of Beatty who lived near Killashee sheltered a priest on one occasion, and on that account the family was very popular with the Catholics. - Informant
- John Wilson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyclare, Co. Longford
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“There is a big stone in our field and the shape of a cross on the top of it...”
There is a big stone in our field and the shape of a cross on the top of it and a well in the centre of it. Mass was said there in the time of the Penal Laws. Ever since that there is a cure in the stone.Told by Thomas Gerety
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