School: Poll an Chapaill, Mullinahone (roll number 14181)
- Location:
- Poulacapple West, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó h-Icidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 189
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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. - Lady Veagh and Lady Mary were good catholics. They lived in Garryricken a hundred years before the present Lord Ormond. They built a bird house in the wood to feed the wild birds in. They used fly out and land on their shoulders when they used go out to feed them.
At the time of the Reformation th English tried to convert all the Catholics of Ireland. if anybody then would'nt change their religion they'ld confiscate their land and property. Lady Veagh's and Lady Mary's brother, Lord James said he would change his religion to hold his property. His mother tried to stop (him) him and h saddled his horse and started for Thomastown and she prayed to God to take him before he would get a chance of changing his religion. he was only about a quarter of a mile gone when the horse shyed and he fell off and broke his neck in in the fall at a place called Gorman's Gate. So there the mother(continues on next page)
