School: Garrowhill, Longford (roll number 10344)
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- I heard the story from Owen McCann who lives in Cloonaugh, Drumlish, County Longford, and it is as follows. A man used to go into Fear-glass chapel to sleep at night, because he had no other place of shelter.
On this night he saw a priest who opened the door, and went up the chapel and prepared the altar to say Mass. The priest asked if there was anyone to serve Mass, but there was no answer; so he left all the things aside and went out.
In the morning the man told the parish priest about what happened. The next night the parish priest went along with the man to the chapel. The other priest opened the door again, and went up the chapel and prepared the altar to say Mass again; and he asked again if there was(continues on next page)