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School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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    and told the owners. When the owners saw that they had the priest arrested. When the policeman went to the priest's door he rapped "very hard". The priest was at his dinner and he opened the door and told the policeman he would get a sudden surprise before night.
    That evening the policeman went to fish in the "Linne" and he was drowned his body never was got.
    When the law day came the priest's attorney put the two men that burned the books drunk and they could not swear that they burned the books and the priest won the case. Father McCullach was the priest's name.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Shiels
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Shiels
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Muff, Co. Donegal