School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)when she came home she placed a small pebble of stone in a box in her bedroom, she was unable to be at mass on three Sundays during Lent, at and after Easter she became ill, the priest enquired if she were a good attender at mass. "Sure I was your Reverence" she told him "Just look in that box over there where I put a pebble every Sunday after coming home", the priest looked and saw three pebbles only.
About 90 years ago the parish priest of Killenkere resided at the house now owned by Mr. Roundtree, Rochfield, he was Revd. John Fitsimons, he visited a friend who lived at Virginia and both gentlemen used to have a walk near the lake, on one occassion the Marquis of Headford happened to have a party by the lake and he said to Fr. Fitsimons as he walked past, "Go and walk some other place we don't want the like of you here to day. "All right" answered the priest "Am not afraid of you to day but if I saw you this day week, I'd run away from you". In another week Fr. Fitsimons was in Virginia and while there the Marquis's funeral passed through the town.
