School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)
- Location:
- Hollygrove, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0412
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- (continued from previous page)Hollygrove and Ballygar along the eastern slope of Mount Mary. He was a notorious vagabond and possessed many grave faults. He was a proseletiser who tried to induce those living around him or his estate from the catholic Church.
For this purpose he established soup kitchens and preaching rooms at various places in the parish of Ballygar. The people who attended these places were called soupers. In some respects he was regarded as a good Irishman according to his lights. He rarely spoke anything but the Irish language and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Cunniffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Cunniffe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway
