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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 09_027

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    5th Jan 1939
    Local Heroes
    (Father Sheehy)
    Father sheehy was tried and found guilty by the aid of false witnesses. He was hanged in Clonmel on a fair day. His head was cutoff and put up on a spoke over the West Gate and left there for twenty years. He would give any money to have it taken
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs B. Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary