School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the road. The nuns went from that to Athlone and from that to Galway. It is that when they were going they brought a statue of the Blessed Virgin with them.
These nuns were in the order of Saint Clare. When the soldiers were going back to Athlone Dillon rang a big bell and collected all the people of the district and they killed every one of the soldiers except one man that escaped. - My grandmother Mrs Berry who lives in Carrickfinn has a lot of stories about a priest named Father McCormack who lived(continues on next page)
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- Peggie Rushe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tonagh, Co. na hIarmhí
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- Mrs Berry
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- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Carrickfin, Co. na hIarmhí