School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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- (continued from previous page)his little grey breast was now scorched red, and every robin in the world since then has been marked in the same way.
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- Collector
- Sheila Cronin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogheen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Cronin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clogheen, Co. Cork
- Sudden death, sudden mercy.It is said that St. Francis visits every person who dies suddenly, and helps them and fortifies them for joining into Eternity.