Imleabhar: CBÉ 0460 (Cuid 1)
- Dáta
- 1937
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomhanna
Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)known to the people I may tell you that they didn't at all like it, and they all clung to the old place, though the Parish Priest remarked from time to time that there were only two clergymen and that Kilmachree was a bit out of the way and inconvenient for a Priest to attend. This went on between People and Priest until 1857 when the Right Rev. Dr. Thomas Furlong become Bishop of the Diocese, and still the people clung to the old place of worship. The Parish Priest now went to the new Bishop over the matter and there it was agreed in common between them that mass should be no longer offered in Kilmachree. This was then made known to the people, but still they clung to the little chapel where the venerated remains of the saintly lived Father Kelly rested. On the next Sunday the people assembled as usual but no clergyman appeared. many hastened to the Parish Priest of Piercestown and were astonished when they were informed(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)