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1. Essay on the Penal Times (continued)

   

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   Our holy priests and blessed monks,
   This monster did destroy,
   We were all so persecuted,
   In King Pharos days,
   And to chastise those wicked crimes,
   God drowned them in the sea.
   4.
   When you kneel in deep devotion
   Remember noble Dan,
   That gallant Liberator,
   That set free our native land,
   He gained the emancipation,
   And he set old Ireland free,
   That we can build our chapels high,
   In spite of tyranny.
   5.
   Our churches free from error,
   From every spot and stain,
   Our Lord one truth one Baptism,
   The scripture tells quite plain,
   By the nintheen of Saint Matthew,
   And its there you will revail,
   Our church is built,
   On Saint Peters Rock,
   Hells gates cannot prevail."
   During the Penal times there were two priest visiting this parish. When priest visit this parish the generally like

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sheila Murtagh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carn, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   William Murtagh

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carn, Co. Westmeath