School: West Waterford Branch I.N.T.O (roll number n/a)
- Location:
- Coshmore and Coshbride, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: James Cashman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 178
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“The following story is also told to show the power of the priest.”
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“In the time of the evictions a certain landlord got one of his tenants evicted.”
In the time of the evictions a certain landlord got one of his tenants evicted. When the bailiffs came to evict the man they found that his mother was inside dying in bed. Still they had no pity and they took the bed and the woman and put her out by the fence. They cleared the house and would not let anybody back.
Some other neighbours took pity on the poor woman and offered her son and herself some class of a house. Here she went and died a short time afterwards. Shortly before her death she wished that when her corpse would(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Cashman
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Youghal, Co. Cork