School: Cill an Daingin
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0533, Page 509
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- (continued from previous page)at a cross-road. It is about four miles from Nenagh and two and a half mile from Dromineer. Here in this school protestants were employed to cheat catholics of their religion. The people supplied soup and food for Catholics who would go into the school. Then they would teach those poor waifs the protestant teachings.
This was a great temptation for the poor dying people of the country-side, but the Light of Faith that Saint Patrick brought to Ireland, still kept alive in those Irish hearts.
At every temptation they gained courage and said bravely "we will die for Christ who died for us".
Although the greater number of the people remained faithful to their religion, there were some who sold their souls for a drink of 'Soup'.
The soup and food distributed in the local 'soup' school was supplied by the Minnits[?] of Annaghbeg, according to tradition. I do not know(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Eileen Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prospect East, Co. Tipperary
