School: Wicklow Convent
- Location:
- Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Mrs McCall Sr. M. Martin
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- Many years ago in Wicklow, the police asked a jarvey named Kavanagh to drive them to Arklow. The reason they were going to Arklow was to arrest a priest Father Michael Clarke who had given offence about the Land League movement. When the jarvey heard this he refused to drive them, so they hired a man named Behan. They drove to Arklow and arrested the priest and brought him to Wicklow Gaol, when the Rev. Father Clarke saw Behan he gave him a slap in the face, and the mark of the Priest's hand remained on Behan's face until the day he died.
- Collector
- Kathleen Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mrs Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Wicklow, Co. Wicklow