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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Tuaim

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Tuam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Duinn
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  1. An Officer That Was Killed by Countrymen

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    There was once an officer who was standing at a crossroad. This was in Penal Days in Ireland. There was a lot of country Protestants they were very proud. The officer was a Catholic.
    There was about ten Protestant countrymen coming down the road. They say the officer saying his prayers on the road. They went back to one of their houses and got some pick's and ran up the road to kill the officer because he was a Catholic. The officer saw them and ran away across the fields. He ran up a hill the countrymen caught him and killed him. A stone then fell and killed them all.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. factions (~230)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Monacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Hancock
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    59
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway