School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)in the village every Sunday evening, and to Mass every Sunday morning. The curate Fr. Colman went down one Sunday evening to get his own flock, some of whom he saw at Mass that morning. He caught the first one that he came to & Mrs. Perfse caught her also, both pulling their own way. Fr. Colman pushed Mrs. perfse away and gave a good squeeze to her arm and it was useless to her after.
When any of the soupers died the protestants wanted to have them buried in the catholic church-yard here in the village, with the result that when this souper died named Maura Desmond, all the catholics assembled inside the gate & would not allow the remains to be interred, and such a battle as there was, police were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Forde
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
