School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

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   landmarks appeared through the mist, when suddenly a ray of sunlight lit up a fresh grey object that pricked the clouds. It was something new, and I tried to recognise it, but in vain, then turned to my neighbour for information, only to discover that it was the new church !
   The train rushed along, crossed the stream, and, the light gleaming, threw the towering spire into prospective, and changed the whole landscape !
   The next moment the train stopped, and I was out and away through bye- ways to the old chapel in the lane, but it was no more ! Higher up through the town to the jail, I was pulled up by the deep booming of the Angelus bell, as significant of changed days as the lofty spire seen across the river.
   The old jail showed no sign of change, the lofty grim walls, the

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Delia Gleeson

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   c. 70

   Address

   Nenagh, Co. Tipperary