Volume: CBÉ 0190

Date
1936
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 271

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 271

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    There is a man living in Mayglas by the name of Thomas Barnwell.

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    better of the fright he got for a couple of months.
    It was said, or is said that a man was killed there who was not a very good character. There was a priest living in that locality at the time and his mother was visiting him. They were out one evening in a car, and when they were passing by this place where the dead man was seen the car overturned and the Priest's mother was thrown out of the car and her leg was broken. This priest then was going to bless the spot but he didn't. He died soon afterwards. There was another priest sent to the same place and he and his mother was passing this condemned place and the car overturned the priest's mother was thrown
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Date
    15 May 1936
    Item type
    Lore
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant