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Gallen, Co. Offaly
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T.R. Goodwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 209

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 209

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  1. Old Prayers (continued)

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  2. Local Folk-Tales

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    It is said that on the White Hill of Gallen, Ferbane, Offaly, during the penal times there lived a priest. He lived in a cave in the hill and said Mass (at " Ju) where "Judges Bridge," Ballysheil, Cloghan, Offaly now is. One morning he was coming home after saying Mass and a spy saw him and followed him to the White Hill. The hill was covered with blackthorn trees and to mark where the priest
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