Abstract: Story collected by a student at Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caiseal school (Cashel, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).
Original reference: 0556/1/5
School Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caiseal [Vol. 0556, Chapter 0001]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools
Midnight Mass [duchas:4861555]
There was a "Mission" being given at one time here in Cashel. It usually happens that there is not enough of room - for the people - in the Church for the people at a time like this. And this particular occasion was no exception. So full was the Parish Church one night, that one woman was obliged to sit into the confessional. There she fell asleep until midnight when she woke up suddenly. To her great surprise she saw a priest on the altar. He turned round & said: "Is there anybody here to serve Mass?" The woman was afraid to answer. In the morning she told the priests of her experience & they asked her to go with them to the church the following night. She did as asked.
Midnight Mass [duchas:4861556]
At 12 o'clock the priest came out on the altar and asked for somebody who would serve his Mass. One of the priests in the church went up & served it. When Mass was over, the priest who celebrated told the server that while on earth, he was paid for Masses which he neglected to say. He still had sixty others to say, he said. The priest who served promised to say those Masses & the ghost was seen no more.
Original reference: 0556/1/5
Midnight Mass
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