School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 252

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  1. Once upon a time there was a priest in this parish called Fr. McDevitt. One night he got a "message" to go and attend a dying woman who was the mother of three children. Her three children died at an early age but one of them unfortunatly had not received the sacrament of Baptism.
    On his way home after having administered the last sacrament to the dying woman, he saw coming towards him two little lights. And as they drew near he saw three children going in the direction of the house he had
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. birth (~49)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neil Mc Gee
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Culdaff, Co. Donegal