School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The people made a song about the arrest of Father Mc Fadden and this is some of it.
The day he was arrested
Was a Sunday after Mass
The man who arrested him
was sub inspector Martin
He had a broad sword in his hand
He says "you are my prisoner"
And with me come along
The smitted golden Martin
on the ground where did stand
The placed him on a door and
to barracks they did go
The people boohed and groaned
at him as they were going along. - During the Penal Days when the priests were being arrested, there happened to be a priest reading mass in some lonely hill in Feymore. When the soldiers were following him he ran as fast as he could(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philomena Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Lean
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal