School: Firoda (roll number 2788)
- Location:
- Firoda Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 175
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- We have an oak Chest and in 1798 it held oatmeal for the Catholics on the run. It was kept in a cave in Bawngarra and the people made porrage out of the meal. It is very big and there is not a nail in it except in the hinges. It is all oak.
- A priest was told that a sick man wanted him. in the Penal Days. When he half way a man told him it was a trap and to run. He ran his best until he was tired. He was passing by a Protestant house and the man was(continues on next page)
