School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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- (continued from previous page)close up the church the man hid in one of the confessionals and when he was gone out of it, the man came out and was lying on a seat.
At one 'oclock a priest came out and light the candles and went back in again put on his vestments and brought out the mass book and came to the foot of the altar and looked all round and said "Is there anyone there who can serve mass" the man was so afraid that he did not answer. So the next morning he told the pairsh Priest his story and the pairsh Priest asked him would he be afraid to stay the next(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Mitchell
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- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath