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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0446

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  1. The Local Patron Saint (continued)

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    name: Saint Catherine's Well.
    On the 25th of November, which is Saint Catherine's feast-day, there are special prayers recited in her honour. Her feast-day is not kept as a holiday of obligation nowadays, but it used to be in the days gone by. It is a retrenched holiday.
    There are a good many girls in this parish called after Saint Catherine.
    During Saint Catherine's life it is said that there was a Roman Emperor, who was a pagan. He ordered all Christians to give up the true faith, but Saint Catherine would not. So the Emperor sent some of his men to her, to try and make her give it up. It was how she converted some of themselves. The Emperor, on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary T. Larkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coololla, Co. Galway