School: Caisleán na Leacht, Droichead Banndan (roll number 8972)
- Location:
- Castlenalact, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0315, Page 126
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- The Kingstons of Drimoleague were very bigoted Protestants. About 150 years ago a young man of the Kingstons set out from home on horseback towards someplace where he was to be made a clergyman. At one part of the journey there was a crossroads and one of these roads lead to a Monastery. When he reached the cross he allowed the horse to go unguided. The horse went towards the monastery and the young man became a priest.
After some time he returned home though his father disowned him. He arrived on a Friday. The father had meat for his dinner and he asked his son why he wasn't eating the meat. The son answered that the dog would not eat meat on a Friday. The father scoffed at this statement and called the dog. He selected a choice piece & gave it to him. The dog sniffed at it and refused to eat it. The father was dumbfounded(continues on next page)
