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School: Coolfore (roll number 10700)

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P. Ó Cuanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 341

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    at Cloughvalley. The soldiers came while the priest was saying mass. They closed the mouth of the cave and set fire to the place and smothered or killed the priest and most of his flock. The priest is said to be buried close to the cave.
    Mass was said in houses in the district too.
    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
    M. Rushe
    Gender
    Unknown
    Informant
    Patrick Marron
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Drumgowna, Co. Monaghan