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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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    During the Penal Days in Ireland when there was a price on a priests head, and when Mass had to be said in little lanes and in the fields, many priests were killed. When the priests were reading Mass sometimes the English soldiers would come to kill them, and the priests would have to flee, and often they buried the chalices.
    Not far from where I live there is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
          1. ór i bhfolach (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Droim Bairr, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Hugh Cassidy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Droim Bairr, Co. Dhún na nGall