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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

Location:
Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 376

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    path or roadway still leading to the same place. At that time there was a reward of five pounds given to any person that would give information of where a priest was reading mass. There was at this particular time a priest hunter called Sean an ? sagasre.
    He lived in Ballintubber and he was employed by a notorious tyrant called Dennis Brown who resided in this locality now known as Claremount. It is related that Sean an sagasre used to cut the head off any priest he would catch. On one occasion when he killed a priest he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aidan Culliney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lassanny, Co. Mayo