School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 138
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- (continued from previous page)along by the Slaney. There is another from Drumderry to Newtownbarry chapel along by the Slaney.
- in the Penal Times Barragh Church which was the penal Church was burned. When the priest was saying mass the yeomen burst into the church. When the priest saw them he rushed from the church taking the gold sanctuary gate and the chalice with him and he threw them in a bog hole about a hundred yards away from the church. He had only just thrown them away when the soldiers came upon him and killed him. They then went back and burned the church. It is the belief of the people in this district that the gate and chalice are still in the bog.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elsie Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinvally, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mr J. Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cranemore, Co. Carlow
