School: Scoil na mBráthar, Doon (roll number 16713)
- Location:
- Doon, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An Br. Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0519, Page 290
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- (continued from previous page)a traitor to his country & his God".
"Take example by me, boys" he said, "I'd let my last cow be seized & sold before I'd pay a farthing to that scoundrel Coote".
Having heard of Fr. Hickey's denunciation, Coote wrote to ask him if the report was true. The P.P. told him it was & invited him to seize & sell his cattle. "I'd like to see", Fr. Hickey said, "the man who would buy them." Coote resolved to fight it out with the priest, & next morning sent his bailiff at the break of day to take & impound one of Fr. Hickey's cows.
Public notices were put up that on a day & at an hour named the cow would be sold at the village of Bilboa by public auction.
(Note.) Bilboa is about two miles from Doon. There is a bridge over the River Bilboa at this spot of the river & village is supposed to have got their names from the ford there before the present bridge was built.
The Irish version of the name is Béal Átha Bó(continues on next page)
