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School: Tullach (Tullig) (roll number 4451)

Location:
Tullig More, Co. Cork
Teacher:
D. Ó Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0344, Page 060

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    In the parish of Inniscarra, there is a graveyard called Matehy. Long ago this graveyard was situated in Loughane about two miles from where it is now.
    In the penal days there lived a priest in Inniscarra, and he used to say Mass near the banks of the Shournagh river, which divide Loughane from Matehy.
    This priest was shot one morning saying Mass by an English soldier. The priest was buried in the grave yard to which
    Sometime afterwards the soldier that shot him was shot himself and he was buried in the same grave yard. The English put up a headstone to the soldier.
    A few weeks afterwards the graveyard moved and when it was crossing the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jerome Mac Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tullig More, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Andrew Mac Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    41
    Address
    Tullig More, Co. Cork