School: Grange (roll number 3759)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 138
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- About the middle of the 18th century there lived a priest in the lowland of Moneygold, Co. Sligo . He ws friendly with the protestants of the districts around.
In those days the protestants (of the districts around ) were very bigoted . A crowd of them decided to give a big dinner and invited Fr Rynn.
When the guests were all assembled they were seemingly very cordial to the priest . They had lots of strong drink in which they all indulged but the priest . Those people had planned to take away the hold minister s life before he would leave their company on this night as it was a good chance for them.
The host, whose name was Allen , Lived in the town of Grange had also invited a very bad man whose(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patricia Gilroy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Streedagh, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr J. Gilroy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Streedagh, Co. Sligo
