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School: Fearglass (roll number 15616)

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Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 505

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    Gortletteragh Church 9-1-1939
    The parish Church that we have now was going to be knocked by Lord Leitrim because he was a Protestant and it was a Catholic Church. Father Fitzgerald was parish priest at that time. He had the keys of the Church and would not give them to Lord Leitrim. Lord Leitrim wanted to knock the Church because it was on his land. He never wanted to leave the church there. The church was going to be destroyed in the year 1856. The curate of the parish was Father Sleivin. Lord Leitrim ownes all the land around the church. Where Lord Leitrim used to live was two
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Gray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumlish, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Kane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88