School: Moyne (B.) (roll number 13989)

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1. The Mass (continued)

   

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   An old man named Farrell Corcoran of Moyne told me that his father Thomas Corcoran was coming past that bush at midnight on Xmas night and heard a bell ringing apparently mid-way in the bush. Then a big light lit up the place and after a few seconds all was as it should be.
   Another story told me by the same person was that a dead priest used come back and have midnight Mass in the "old chapel" every xmas night. Here is the story in old Corcorans words:-
   When my father was a buchal he was ceilying late one xmas night and seeing the windows of the old chapel all lit up he dropped in to hear mass.
   On the mortal spot a Sagart that was dead for ten years went up on the altar, turned around and

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Francis Doyle

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moyne, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Farrell Corcoran

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Moyne, Co. Longford