School: Arklow Convent
- Location:
- Arklow, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Sr. Brendan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0923, Page 208
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- There is a statue erected to the memory of Father Michael Murphy.
It is standing outside the Church.
When the English were after Father Murphy he passed through the town of Arklow with some soldiers with him.
When the Irish were on the point of victory some of the English soldiers gave them some barrels of whiskey and while the Irish were drinking the English soldiers came and took Father Murphy cut off his head and stuck it on a spike and put it outside the Barracks.
After several days a man from Coolroe by the name of Hackett took his head and buried it at the place where the Convent of Mercy is now.
I was told this story by my Grand Aunt.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Shiela Tracey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Arklow, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Miss A. Kearon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Arklow, Co. Wicklow
