School: Birr (St. Brendan's)
- Location:
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
- Teachers: S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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- (continued from previous page)in his own native tongue because he was very obedient. After some persuasion the master told his servant his secret. Sometime afterwards the master invited a priest to a feast in order to kill him. During the party when the favourite servant was serving the dishes he spoke to the priest in Irish and said "Beware you were brought here to be killed".At this the priest rose from the table and made for the battlements, climbed them and jumped from them and escaped before the master of the castle realised the fact. Collected by Noel Delaney, Townsend Street, Birr, Offaly.From. P Pardy, Townsend St, Birr, Offaly.
- Collector
- Noel Delaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- P. Pardy
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly