Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

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1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0254

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0254

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    were a 'superior Class', and this imposed Class Destinction became the root of much bitterness in the minds and hearts of Catholic families whose forefathers were driven by Cromwell to dwell in the bogs of Connaught.
    During the years of famine and its after effects those families kept their faith, and were now called on to witness, as their forefathers did in Cromwell's time - viz -
    Reward and Respect for the man or woman who professed himself or herself a Protestant.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.