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School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)

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Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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    father met him and the priest told him whether he would say Mass the following morning or not. If he would my great-great grandfather would tell all the people he could the night before. On this particular morning when saying the Mass with all the people around him, suddenly a shot was fired and the priest was buried on the spot, after the soldiers beheaded him. It is supposed that a man who was hearing Mass was the one who told the soldiers on what morning to be there. That man and the soldier who shot the priest were lost on the hills a few weeks after. It was said they were never found till this day.
    Dympna McKenna
    Knockballroney
    Scotstown
    Co Monaghan
    24th Feb 1938.
    Told By
    Owen McKenna, 63 years
    Knockballroney
    Scotstown
    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
    Dympna Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockballyroney, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Owen Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Knockballyroney, Co. Monaghan