School: Sruth Nua

Location:
Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Brún
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    A big building was burned in Newbrook about a hundred years.

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    A big building was burned in Newbrook about a hundred years In this house there lived a landlord he hated priests and all Catholics.
    He had a servant named John Maloney general called "Sean a Sagairt"
    This landlord used to give Sean L5 for the head of every priest to be killed.
    This house in Newbrook was a huge house and in part of this there was a place where the landlord used to hang the heads of the murdered priests
    The landlord's wife was a Catholick but the landlord
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Barnicle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Edward Barnicle
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo