School: Abbeyleix Convent (roll number 13613)
- Location:
- Mainistir Laoise, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Mother Paul
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Every year the old Lords used bring gentry from England to shoot game on their property. Be that as it may, at one time these boyos took the young heir with them. The father did not go that day.
When the sportsmen reached Dysart they were three sheets in the wind with drink. They lost the boy and had to face the music with the Lord. The police and soldiers were got out to search the countryside for the missing boy, but he could not be found.
The boy wandered into a poor little hut in which a Priest was hiding from the soldiers. He asked the boy his name and when he heard that he was De Vescis(continues on next page)
