School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:: Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
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“It is said that during the War in 1914.”

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It is said that during the War in 1914, Some people living near Dundalk found a real old chalice in the wall of an old castle, when they were about to knock its old ruins. In this chalice it is said that about one dozen Communion Bread and they were turned real black and became crippled up with age. The person who found it didn't want give it up, and he thought he was conceling it as a secret, but never the less he was not because he was seen lifting it up, and putting it under a whisp of
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Language

English

Collector
Fintan Conway
Gender

Male
Address

Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny

Informant
John Conway
Gender

Male
Age

51
Address

Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny