School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

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1. The White Cow (continued)

   

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   and went to bed. When she awoke the cow was still there and it remained with her and gave her milk. Some time after the woman died and the cow disappeared some people said they saw it going back into the hill again.

   

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   “One day a priest was saying Mass on a hill side in Carrig about four miles from Nenagh, when suddenly a crowd of soldiers came along and killed him and all the people who were hearing Mass.”

   

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   One day a priest was saying Mass on a hill side in Carrig about four miles from Nenagh, when suddenly a crowd of soldiers came along and killed him and all the people who were hearing Mass. The rock containing two holes for the candles is still to be seen on Carrig hill. I saw it myself as I lived there many years. Around the rock on the Green grass may also be seen traces of blood the blood of Martyrs.

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Corcoran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mount Saint Oliver, Co. Louth

   Informant

   Mrs Corcoran

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   65

   Address

   Ballycommon, Co. Tipperary