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School: Drom Loiste (roll number 5113)

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Drumlusty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 029

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    In the penal times the churches were destroyed and burnt and the people would not get leave to go to mass, and if a priest was found reading mass he would be put to death, but the priest would go and read mass behind a rock or in caves, and when he would be reading it there would be two or three men watching for him. There is a place in the townland of Drumcay in the parish
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Gahan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Owen Mc Gahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shancobane, Co. Monaghan