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School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)

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Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 381

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    was born for He is the real reason for all the gladness and merrymaking.
    St. Brigid is one of the patron Saints of Ireland, and the "Mary of Ireland" also. Saint Brigid was born about the year 450, nearly twenty years after St. Patrick commenced his missionary labours. Shrove Tuesday is before Ash Wednesday. Good Friday is the feast of the death of Our Lord. Assumption is on the fifteenth of August.
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