School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (C.) (roll number 13501)
- Location:
- Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Géaraidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090, Page 195
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- (continued from previous page)Killawalla midway between Ballyglas and Westport in the parish of Carnacon.
Seán lived in Ballyheane and his sister Nancy was married to a man named Loftus who lived in Ballintubber. Seán heard that there were two priests hiding in Ballintubber. He went to visit his sister Nancy so that he might get an opportunity to kill them.
A few days after his arrival she told his sister that he was very ill. He said he was sorry for all the harm he had done.
He implored her to send for a priest. She believed him and went to where the priests were hiding(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Prendergast
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Looskan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathnacreeva, Co. Mayo
