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School: Clochar San Pól, Cill Fhíonáin (roll number 13026)

Location:
Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 441

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  1. Moran's Cross (continued)

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    his mass in the glens (a) or some place else.
    One day as he was saying mass in a sandpit near Moran's Cross an English army came along and the people told the priest but the priest said to them "turn in and say ye'r prayers". When the army came near the priest they started firing at him but no shot came from their guns. The priest finished the mass and after that he told the people to go home. Then he turned around and asked the men why they came and disturbed him in the mass, and they said they got orders to shoot him. The priest then asked why they did not do it and they replied that they were not able. The priest let them off then but none of them were shot.
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  2. Girls' National School Kilfinane

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    The Girls National School Kilfinane are built on the site of the old Parish Church.
    The following details of the old church were given by a man still in Kilfinane
    When I was a young boy I remember the closing down of the old church. My father was engaged transferring the graves, from the old grounds to the new, and I was often around the place at the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sioban Brazzill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Owen Callaghen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilfinane, Co. Limerick