School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach
- Location:
- Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: -
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- (continued from previous page)The soldiers got five pounds for the head of each priest they got, so the priests had to hide in the hills and lonely places. A priest named Father Seán hid in a field in the village of Lismirrane. He hid in a cave lest the soldiers should find him. Each morning he read Mass at a Mass-stone beneath a tree, while the village people watched from the hills, lest the (the) soldiers should come on them and kill the priest.
Another Priest who lived in our district was Father Durkan. He lived in his own home in Lismirrane and he read Mass in a little(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismiraun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Bridget Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismiraun, Co. Mayo