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School: Killybrone (roll number 1798)

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Killybrone, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Coyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0959, Page 296

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    than half way to the burying ground, made his way through the throng up to the Bishop's carriage and inquired of the Bishop "Why they did not bring McMullen with them".
    It was then discovered that in their zeal for punctuality they had left the corpse behind.
    Taken from
    History of Diocese of Clogher
    by
    Rev J E McKenna M. R.
    18th July 1938.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Moira Mc Cartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Skinnahergna, Co. Monaghan