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School: Kilbeggan (Mercy Convent) (roll number 14491)

Location:
Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 121

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    A poor Roman Catholic man who lived a few miles from Kilbeggan during the Penal Days. He had the misfortune to be tempted for ready saxon gold to betray the where abouts of a Priest. Luckily the poor Soggart wasn't caught although the Yeos chased him.
    The poor man in time repented of his evil deed, but all the neighbours shunned him.
    He lay dying and kept calling for the priest, and invoking St. Joseph for the grace of a happy death. It happened that the very priest whom he had once betrayed was in the district at the time, and one of the charitable neighbours brought him to the dying
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Caffrey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath