School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)
- Location:
- An Cúilín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 055
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- A family by the name of Gleesons lived in Murroe in the County Limerick, about two hundred years ago. They were big farmers at one time but they got broken. Mr Gleeson had four daughters and he put one of the daughters out working. She was working with a man named Mr Coffey and he had two sons priests. The mans two sons were on the run for it was in the Penal Days. Now this girl knew where the two priests were. She met the soldiers one day on the road and they asked her did she know where they priests were. She said she did; that they were in a certain house about five miles away but they would be coming to a house in the neighbourhood the next day. The soldiers waited until the next day and they caught one of the priests and hanged him outside his own door. But the other priest escaped.
The above was told to me by Mr Martin Unthank, 64 yrs Labourer, Cregough, Birdhill, Limerick. Tessie Bourke, Cregough, Birdhill, Limerick. 13/3/38
- Collector
- Tessie Bourke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggagh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr Martin Unthank
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Creggagh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
