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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

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Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 294

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    A very holy man was he and had a burning love for God. One night he set up a raffle for his horse and cart and he said the poorest boy in the place would win it and so he did. But the boy would not take it account of being belong to the priest but he was told he could. another day the English were with him and he told the to say the Angelus" but they tried to jump the horses on him . He hit one of them with a sprig of Palm and not one of the horses would move. One of the Generals said
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonkeen, Co. Laois