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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 141

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  1. The Penal Days (continued)

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    the road. The nuns went from that to Athlone and from that to Galway. It is that when they were going they brought a statue of the Blessed Virgin with them.
    These nuns were in the order of Saint Clare. When the soldiers were going back to Athlone Dillon rang a big bell and collected all the people of the district and they killed every one of the soldiers except one man that escaped.
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  2. Story of Father Mc Cormack

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Rushe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tonagh, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Berry
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Carrickfin, Co. Westmeath