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School: Glenderry (roll number 10403)

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Glenderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Gleathbhúir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417C, Page 03_024

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  1. Stories of the Penal Days

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    Long ago in the time of the penal days people would not be let keep a horse worth more than five pounds. Priests would not be let read mass in their chapels.
    Once there was a priest saying mass in a mountain, and the soldiers came on them, and they were going to kill the priests when three golden wether sheep ran away and the soldiers followed the sheep to get the gold out of them, and the priests
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Godley
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Richard Godley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Dromatoor, Co. Kerry