Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)

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1. Coughlan of Rathrush (continued)

   

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   But ere did horse or man deporch
   A single shot pinged loud,
   And a bullet bored the Captain's head -
   No bride tonight but sombre shroud.

   Patrick MacDonnell (1865)

   These rough ballads and many others were written solely to perpetuate local history and tradition. Coughlan of Rathrush, etc are founded on fact not on mith. They formed a series entitled "The Stories My Father Told to Me". They were never published. You can use them as you will, má's fiú leat é.

   

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2. Process-Server Killed in Doon

   

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   A young man named Woods (still living) came to Father Patrick(1) O Donnell, P.P. of Doon about 40 years ago and expressed a wish to become Catholic. As he was under 18 years of age the Protestant Church Body took legal proceedings against the P.P. The process-server found it absolutely impossible to serve the necessary document on him.
   Finally he arrived in Doon when the priest was hearing and entered the box as if he

   (1) Not Father Pat who was his nephew

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Irish

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script