School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)
- Location:
- An Caisleán Nua, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 148
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- (continued from previous page)There was a priest living in Gurteen named Fr. Griffin. He was appointed chaplain in Galway and was living near Salthill. One night in 1920 about mid-night a lorry-load of "Black and tans" came and told them that a man who was dying wanted to see him. He went with them and were near the beach before they killed him. They buried him in the road but a man who was passing saw a piece of his coat sticking up though the road. he was then buried in Loughrea CathedralLong ago the people of England hunted the priests from place to place. The soldiers often gave large sums of money to any one who could tell them the whereabouts of a priest. In a village where there were hills and hollows the priest usually said Mass down in a quarry in a field with a high hill to hide him. The priest(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Cloonan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- An Chloch, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Honoria Cloonan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- An Chloch, Co. na Gaillimhe
