School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 513
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- Page 513In the penal days people or priests were not allowed to celebrate or hear mass in public places. Priests were hunted and killed. An old story is told about a priest who is hiding some where near Millstreet. He appointed a Sunday to come to a place called Rockchapel. He was three or four days performing the Journey. He could only depend on a few houses to give him food and lodging. A few miles from Rockchapel he was very tried and he slept. In his sleep he had a dream that a man from Millstreet was following him, having promised to betray him into the hand of the English for some English money. The priest awoke and continued his journey to Rock-chapel where he told his dream to his faithful friends. One of his friends went to keep a look out for fear the priest would be captured and at the place where the priest had slept a lovely well had sprung up and a man lay sleeping(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Mc Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Informant
- K. Sweeney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 37
- Address
- Taur, Co. Cork
