School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

Location:: Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
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“It is said that during the penal times that a priest while saying Mass in the Chapel at Cashelard about four miles outside Ballyshannon...”

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It is said that during the penal times that a priest while saying Mass in the Chapel at Cashelard about four miles outside Ballyshannon on the Donegal road was put to death at the pillar of the gate at the entrance to the Chapel. On the grassy place where the priest fell dead it is said that grass never grows there.
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Topics
1. genre
  belief (~391)
2. time
  historical periods by name (~25)
  the great famine (~4,013)
Language

English
Collector
Patrick Mc Govern
Gender

Male
Address

Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

Informant
Brother Nathy
Relation

Unknown
Gender

Male
Age

c. 40
Address

Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal