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School: Moyderwell Convent of Mercy (roll number 13530)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0441, Page 190

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  1. The Penal Times

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    Long ago in Penal Times when there was a price on the priests heads, a priest named Father O'Connor was saying mass in one of the glens of Inchaloughra, Castlegregory, when an informer informed the soldiers, and they stile on them through Araglin, Castlegregory. The congregation escaped, but the priest was caught, and beheaded, and where his blood was spilled the stairs were never washed away, and are to be seen to the present day. The print of the priests hand is to be seen also on a rock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlegregory, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs E. Duhig
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlegregory, Co. Kerry