School: An Gleann, Graiguenamanagh

Location:
Glynn, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
P. Ó Flaithbheartaigh
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  1. A little boy and girl were living with their father and mother. The two children were preparing for confirmation. The day of confirmation came and the children got it. They were not long home from the chapel, when the two children got sick and died. The father and mother were left alone, and as both of them were old, They prayed to God every night, not to let them die without the priest, as they had no one to get him, for them. Then came the time when the old man and woman were sick in bed. The night they got sick, two angles appeared to the priest,
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    Collector
    Annie Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Bahana, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Daniel Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Bahana, Co. Carlow