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School: Wicklow Convent

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Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
Teachers:
Mrs McCall Sr. M. Martin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 139

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    Many years ago in Wicklow, the police asked a jarvey named Kavanagh to drive them to Arklow. The reason they were going to Arklow was to arrest a priest Father Michael Clarke who had given offence about the Land League movement. When the jarvey heard this he refused to drive them, so they hired a man named Behan. They drove to Arklow and arrested the priest and brought him to Wicklow Gaol, when the Rev. Father Clarke saw Behan he gave him a slap in the face, and the mark of the Priest's hand remained on Behan's face until the day he died.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Wicklow, Co. Wicklow