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School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

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Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0218, Page 142

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    there was a priest reading Mass on the top of [Pier?] Hill, and his head was cut off, and where his head fell, there never grew a bit of grass since, or I believe never will.
    In that time they priests would not be allowed to say Mass, and they used to say Mass at the back of ditches, and in every silent place, in such a way as that no one could see them, or get at them to kill them. The priests used to be afraid of their lives,
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Puffer Wyime
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Drumcollagan, Co. Leitrim