School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile (roll number 4572)
- Location:
- Cionn tSáile, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: An tSr. De Pazzi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0320, Page 152
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- XML “Very Rev Justin Foley Mc Namara P.P.V.F.”
- XML “The Fish that Spoke”
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- (continued from previous page)bottles of water from the trickling stream that flows along the floor of the tomb under the statue of Fr Mc Namara the beloved Parish Priest of Kinsale.
- The woman who let fall the apron full of lighting straw at the feet of Fr Mc Namara had the nickname of "Joan Roaster." Fr Mc Namara had a visitor named Gallagher. This man could pitch his voice. On their walk through the streets one day they sighted Joan marching proudly along, carrying on her head a gusset in which was a heak.
"What sort of fish have you got, Joan?" asked the priest. Joan bent her knee and answered
"A large eak your ravarance fresh from the say."
"You're a liar," came a voice from the crown of her cap. "I am a week out of the say."(continues on next page) - Informant
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