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School: Coill na Sliabh (roll number 14734)

Location:
Kilnaslieve, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0286

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  1. The Penal Days

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    In the olden times there was a price of £5 paid to anyone who would bring in the head of a priest.
    There is a place up in Aill called Cloch an Aifrinn when a priest used to say Mass every Sunday. A large crowd came every Sunday to hear Mass. While it was going on someone would be out watching.
    This place is beside a sandpit and one day while the priest was saying Mass he was attacked by a crowd of English soldiers and was killed on the spot. The Chalic was thrown into the flood up in Gallagh and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic an Adhastair
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Michael Nestor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullaghmarkagh, Co. Galway