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1. Father Clowry (continued)

   

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   each on our respective handlebars. We never travelled together.
   About the year 1904, one of the finest looking men I ever saw in my life arrived from Australia, Father Clowry nephew of of the murdered priest. I often served his Mass during his short stay. He stopped with some friends over about Grangeford and generally said Mass each morning in one of the convents in Carlow. His watch was not keeping "fair" time. He brought it to a jeweller who told him it would take 3 or 4 days to set correct.
   "That'd leave me in a very awkward position as I have to drive in every morning to say Mass at 8o'c and there is no clock in the house where I'm staying".
   The Jeweller: I can lend you a very good gold watch if you promise to return it to me on Friday morning. It belongs to a country blacksmith and he won't be in till Friday".
   Father Clowry was amazed that night when he discovered that the watch as his uncle's. There, "clear as daylight" was his name and the names of many more of the family. He took no action. What would he do, even if he could.
   About 1909 Dick Jnr relinquished study. He would not go to T.C.D. No he wouldn't be a parson. He'd marry and set down but there was an obstacle.

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   History Edit

   Date

   1908

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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