School: St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh
- Location:
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An Br. S. Ó Murchadha
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“A man was coming home one night from playing cards. When he was crossing a field he walked on a stray sod and he couldn't get out of the field...”
(continued from previous page)he couldn't get out of the field. A small man came up to him and asked him to play a game of cards but he wouldn’t play. Then the small man said, “You won’t get out of here till you play.” But he waited till morning and he got out and he never played cards again.
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“In the Rock of Bundoran in a field (William Travers's) there is a large Mass stone with a holy-water font carved in it...”
In the Rock of Bundoran in a field (William Travers's) there is a large Mass stone with a holy-water font carved in it. In the Penal days a monk called Friar Fitzsimmons said Mass on this stone. The is a cross carved on the stone. In a field near this is a cave with its mouth covered with ivy. It was in this cave that the monks hid from the soldiers. If a priest was caught saying Mass, he only asked the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Mc Aleer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bundoran, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Peter Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bundoran, Co. Donegal