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School: Ballyleague (roll number 5973)

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Patrick O' Dowd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 193

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    Cloontuskert, because a Protestant was buried there once and the next morning, the coffin was outside the wall which encircles the graveyard. A hundred years ago, a man was passing through the graveyard at midnight.
    He heard a voice calling from the abbey. The voice said:- is there anyone to serve Mass". This was repeated three times. The third time the man answered saying:- "I am able to serve Mass." The man went in to the abbey and found a priest there. The priest offered up mass and when he had finished a number of spirits with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moher, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killattimoriarty, Co. Roscommon