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School: Kilsaran

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Kilsaran, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 115

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    There are still travelling folk coming to our district. Most of them come on Saturday. A man used to come named Joe lawless. This man used to wear his hair long down his back thinking he was Our Lord. There is the ruin of an old monastery, over in a field on the Barrow Lane, Kilsaran where he used to pretend he was saying Mass and giving Communion. He would never beg in the house but worked a day's work here and there. This old man is dead now, go ndeanaidh Dia
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Collette Ní Cheallacháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilsaran, Co. Louth