School: Tigneatha

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Tynagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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    sons but none of them under the Bond of marriage. For this reason the priests refused to attend to her at her dying hour and refused her a burial in consecrated ground. Her four sons buried her in this lonely corner. When she was dying her dying wish was that no parish priest would live longer than ten years in the parish. Her wish was fulfilled. It happened for almost a century. Any priest who was out after sun-set was up set or thrown from his horse. Lay people who made any remark were also frightened. It seems that she is gone to rest for the last forty years the priests are living over the limited spell. This happened back early in the eighteenth century.
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    AT0910B: The Servant's Good Counsels
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hubert Gordon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tynagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tom Gordon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Tynagh, Co. Galway