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School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 322

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    which this event happened is called the Cross Hill and all funerals passing that way are stopped and the De Pro Fundus is recited by the people.
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    The name of the priest is not known and the year is not remembered in the following story but it not more than fifty years ago since it happened when all the land of Ireland was in the hands of the English Protestant Landlords.
    A priest was one day hunting hares on the Killyon estate owned buy the Mangans.
    The game keeper finding him on the lands ordered him off and abused
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Clonan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Andrew Clonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killyon, Co. Meath