School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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1. How the Papal Nuncio Came to Macroom (continued)

   

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   fresh milk, and whether it was owing to the thirst or to the excellency of the beverage, I took a second drink of it with infinite relish. All present knew how to make the sign of the cross, and not a child of the tenderest years but could recite - in Latin - the "Our Father", the Hail Mary" and "The Creed", while, to my astonishment, many could repeat the Ten Commandments. One amongst them knew Spanish and interpreted to me what they were saying in the Irish tongue and was able to convey my answers to them to their great satisfaction."
   Part of the arms in the frigate were now landed and stored in Ardtully Castle, and the vessel sailed out of Kenmare Bay to Limerick with the remainder.
   The Nuncio's party now left Ardtully and set out through a wild, rugged country on their way to reach Macroom Castle and the seat of Viscount Muskerry. That night they rested in a shepherd's hut within a wood.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Cheallacháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolkisha, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Seán Ó Thuama

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coolkisha, Co. Cork