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School: Mainistir na Toirbhirte, Baile an Mhuilinn (roll number 3655)

Location:
Milltown, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0434, Page 275

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    Once a parish priest was dying in hospital and he wanted to be buried in the Church yard but his relatives wanted him to be buried with themselves.
    A few days after the priest died and his friends and the priest were disputing about where they would bury him. At last his friends got the better of the priests and they buried him with themselves.
    One Winter's morning the priest was going off the altar after celebrating Mass and he heard
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Anglesey Mountain, Co. Louth
    Informant
    John Riordan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick