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School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 237

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    Once upon a time "priest hunting" was common in this parish of Culdaff. The rock is still to be seen in "Tams' Glen" where a priest often said Mass.
    One day when he was finishing Mass he was told the soldiers were in the village of Culdaff looking for him. When he had Mass finished he "was on" by Derry as "hard" as he could.
    When the soldiers came close to him he jumped over a river where the soldiers horse could not jump. The mark of the priest's foot
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel Noone
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Neil Farren
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Culdaff, Co. Donegal