School: An Píce (The Pike, Shinrone)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dúibheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 048

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 048

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    with him and he brought them to where the fellow lay with the broken leg.
    The stranger disappeared and the others carried him home. When they were putting him to bed they saw a photo of a man and inquired who he was. He told them it was a pal of his that went to America long ago. They told him that was the m an that brought them to where he lay. A few days later word came to him that his friend was dead in America for some time.
    Rose Murphy
    Told by my sister age 22 yrs
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. According to tradition there is a mass rock where mass used to be said in the Penal days in a glen or valley in Cille Cunnigan beag near Dan Mooney's house and near the road from the Pike to Shinrone.
    Mass used to be celebrated there in the early hours of the morning while the soldiers were going through
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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
    Anna M. Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Mc Loughlin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67