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School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh

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Carraholly, Co. Mayo
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Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 431

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    A biborium of the Demesne, Westport House was presented by Lord Peter Sligo to the Abbot of Murrisk in the year 1707. The Abbot put it in the Church was raided and the biborium was stolen. This biborium was put up on a shop window in Dublin for sale afterwards. Now the Sligos had turned protestants. One day one fo them was passing down the street and he saw it and under it was written the inscription that it was presented by Lord Sligo to the Abbot of Murrisk. He bought it and presented it to the protestant Church in Wesport and it is still used there.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás de Stondúin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    George Mortimer
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Westport Demesne, Co. Mayo