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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí

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Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Olivia
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    Many stories are told about the Mass and the terrible suffering of the people in the time of the Penal Laws. About fifty years ago a man in my district stopped going to Mass because his cow and calf died. He was about ten years without getting to Mass and every time a new priest came to the district he went to see him but it was no good, he would not go. This time a young priest came to see him and he pinned a badge of the Sacred Heart on his coat.
    He started to argue with the priest and when the priest was going to give him a push and in doing so fell and got hurt. The priest went back to him and heard his confession
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corboghil, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Paddy Gunn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Carrownaskeagh, Co. Roscommon