School: Trian na gCléireach
- Location:
- Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 130
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- During the Penal days there was a price of five pounds fee paid for priest's heads. There was a man who lived in Craggah or some district in that locality whose name was "Seán a t Salach". Seán was always killing priests and selling their heads. One time Seán was over in Murrisk and he heard there was a priest there in disguised himself and got lodgings in a house. When he had got a few nights lodging he pretended that he was told the people send for the priest.The priest came and when Seán's confession Seán pulled a knife out from under the clothes and cut off the priests head. He then put the head in the bag and jumped out the window. He was going along a path when he met a man. Seán got nervous and the man asked him what was wrong with him. Seán answered I met a priest about a half mile up this road and the priest nearly killed me. Well said so you are gone so(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kieran Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Francis Chambers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newport, Co. Mayo
