School: Cill Bhonáin, Droichead na Bandan (roll number 1271)
- Location:
- Kilbonane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Briain
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- (continued from previous page)allowed into the field. They used buy the farm produce from the minister.
It happened that the thithes were put into this field near Crookstown. When the sale had started all the Catholics rushed over the wall with pikes and spades. The Parish Priest and the curate were with the Catholics. When the Catholics were winning the minister was so bad minded that he lit the produce. The curate got angry.
He wanted to continue the fight but the Parish Priest stopped him. The curate galloped the horse over the fire and he threw the whip into the fire and the fire quenched instantly. The people took the goods. No more thithes were collected after this incident.
Once when a minister was being hunted he went in to a potatoe(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Creed
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aherla More, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Cornelius O Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aherla More, Co. Cork
