School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1121, Page 260
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“Once upon a time there was a Bishop and his parents came from the Isle of Doagh.”
Once upon a time there was a Bishop and his parents came from the Isle of Doagh. The Bishop's name was Bishop O Colaghan. At the same time there was a man named McDaid in Cabby Duey a place near Coolcross. There was a Protestant man living in Carndonagh named William Campbell. (man) Now the English soldiers were stopping in Carndonagh and this William Campbell man was hiding the Bishop on them. If you would get a priest's head in that time you would get ten pounds from the English for it.
This man named McDaid came to William Campbell and asked him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Magheramore, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Paddy Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clehagh, Co. Donegal