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School: Dalystown (roll number 15307)

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  1. The Time of the Priest Hunting

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    They used to be hunting all the priests. One evening they were going to burn Raheenmore Chapel and it came to dark and they said they would leave it there until the next morning.
    All the people around heard that it was going to be burned and (it was thatched at that it was going to be burned and) it was thatched at that time and the thatch that was on it was letting in water.
    When they came the next morning when they came to burn it was tatched and white-
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonfad, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Michael Munroe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonyhague, Co. Westmeath