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School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)

Location:
Cill Mhic Bhúith, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
P. Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 119

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  1. A Story about the Penal Days

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    Long ago during the Penal Days when the priest were hunted there was a certain parish in Wexford whose patron saint was St Moak. When the soldiers entered the church they saw the statue of St. Moak. Two of them seized it and threw it out breaking its face in two or three places. That night the soldiers made the chapel their resting place. When they woke in the morning they saw the statue of St. Moak standing in the place where they took it from.
    The soldiers who were English believed in ghosts and left the place thinking that it was haunted. When the people saw the soldiers coming they all ran to the church for safety. The soldiers seeing this were delighted because they could surround them. They did so and then a few of them went in and poured a volley
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Daingean, Co. Chill Chainnigh
    Informant
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Railway worker
    Address
    An Daingean, Co. Chill Chainnigh