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1. Jacky the Prophet (continued)

   

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   to his own place of which the poet could say in those day's "Tá bád i gCionn t-Sáile mura bádhad í."
   Soon after Seán's return the rumour spread - that Seán Láidir had one of the three existing copies of the Prophecies of St Coulmcille.
   He kept the book in a hiding place in the house so that nobody but himself had a chance of reading it and every Sunday at Clontead Chapel the people while awaiting the arrival of the priest would gather around Jacky recounting many strange and startling Prophecies. Two of these prophecies are believed to have been fulfilled. One was, that children who were then looking at the railway being built

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   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brighidh Breathnach

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Séamus Breathnach

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male