School: Cill Bhriotáin (B.) (roll number 14116)

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   “In the year 1884 there was a school house where our local creamery was burned down recently and it was called the Bird's nest.”

   

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   In the year 1884 there was a school house where our local creamery was burned down recently and it was called the Bird's Nest. It was run by a protestant clergyman and he was also rector of Rathclarin Church. The teacher was a protestant but the pupils were principally kidnapped children including a large number of Catholics who were converted to the protestant religion. Mr Powell the minister who was in charge of the school offered great enticements to the parents to have their children converted to the protestant religion. The priests of Kilbrittain parish had not a good word to say about it, including our present bishop who was curate at that time. The number of children who attended the school numbered about forty but Mr.Powell eeing he could make no headway closed the school and had the children dispersed. Written by Patrick Keohane Barleyfield, Kilbrittain Told by James Keohane, Barleyfield, Kilbrittain, Co.Cork.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Keohane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Barleyfield, Co. Cork

   Informant

   James Keohane

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   66

   Address

   Barleyfield, Co. Cork