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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Clochán

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Clifden, Co. Galway
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An tSr. M. Peadar
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    Having administered the Last Sacraments to him to leave them some money and he devided the remainder of his huge fortune between them. One of the priests then got sorry for taking the money and asked the sick man if he had any relations living, the man said he (would) had his mother in Ireland and asked the priest to write to her for him. They priest said he would and asked the man what would he write. "Tell my mother" said the man "that I died a very happy death I died a very happy death I died like Our Lord with a thief on each side of me.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Carmel O' Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clifden, Co. Galway