School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ráth Luirc

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Charleville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSiúr Proinnséas
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    Canon O'Callaghan.
    Now during this time none of the Catholic Churches were allowed to have bells. In this town a man used go round every morning ringing a bell to call the Catholics to Mass by saying "It's time" "It's time".
    There was living where Cahill's shop is now a Protestant gentlemen named Harley and the man rung the bell so loud one morning that he woke the Protestant who came out very angry and horsewhipped him around the road. The man went and told the parish priest who put up a bell which
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pilimíne Ní Riain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Charleville, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Seosamh
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male