School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 336
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“Once upon a time there lived a landlord and he was a Catholic.”
Once upon a time there lived a landlord and he was a Catholic. He lived far in, in fields in which there was an avenue getting in to it. This was not a good landlord because he turned many tenants out of their lands and he did not go to mass regularly. This landlord got sick and was dying. So he said that he would like to get the priest before he would die. So the priest was brought to him and he heard his confession and he got holy Communion and died the same night. The night he died there was a terrible noise heard in the house. This lasted for about an hour. The next night the same noise was heard. After about a month or so the priest was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Con Halpin
- Address
- Dromin, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Jack Twomey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Dromin, Co. Kerry