School: An Píce (The Pike, Shinrone)
- Location:
- Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dúibheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 069
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“People that were living in Cangort part house long ago were Protestants and they were very great with a priest.”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- In former days when they were killing the priests a priest was invited to dine in Lismacrory house. The dinner was made up to take the priests life. but when the priest arrived all the guests were seated at table.
When the meal was over one of the protestants took a revolver in each of his hands and he walked the priest out between his hands and said he dared anyone kill the priest. The priest asked him would he turn Catholic and he said he would not.
Then the priest told him he could do nothing for him but to leave him on the earth until the end of time. When(continues on next page)