School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- In the penal times there lived in Mayo a man called Seán na Sagart[?]. He was so called because he was always after the priests. His right name was Seán Mulloney. He got a knife from the English and he used cut the priests heads off with it. He got £5 for every priest's head.
There was two priests in a certain village at this time. one priest was old and the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peigí C. M. Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnyslinnaun, Co. Mayo