School: Presentation Convent, Lucan

Location:
Lucan, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr M. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 20

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  1. In one of the Cresent Houses there lived aman in No. 4. He was Protestant and lived a very bad life. He had a girl attending on him. She was a Catholic. Now he wa Mr. O Toole and he hated Christianity and priests, and would not let one inside his door.
    One day the girl became very ill and she wished to have a priest. One night a man with a long beard knocked at the priest's door, and asked him to come to the girl as she was very ill. He led the way to the girl's room. They passed through a room where there were men playing cards
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Grahame
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lucan, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs T. Brennan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Crescent, Co. Dublin