School: Baile Caisleáin an Róistigh (B.) (roll number 14107)
- Location:
- Castletownroche, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Luineacháin
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- (continued from previous page)by people from far and near who scooped away the clay from it.
It is said that the priest hunters went to Fermoy crossed the river there, passed the priest on the road without seeing him (except one of the party who was baptized in infancy by his nurse) who saw him, but did not tell the others.
It is said that a curse follows the descendants of the priest-hunters ever since. (Insanity is the curse). (no title)
“There is a townland called Sgeach na Cille not far from Castletownroche.”
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- Pádraig Ó Luinneacháin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Príomhoide
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“A variant of the story re the Grimes's the priest hunters is that the fool when returning after informing the priest of his danger, was met by the Grimes's who tied him on horseback, the horse galloped all the way to Fermoy, and reaching there fell dead.”
A variant of the story of the Grimes's the priest hunters is that the fool when returning after informing the priest of his danger, was met by the Grimes's who tied him on horseback, the horse galloped all the way to Fermoy, and reaching there fell dead. The fool came round by the other road at the other side of the Blackwater, to his own home(continues on next page)