School: Liscarbin (roll number 13697)

Location:
Liscarban, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Mrs. Margt Gannon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 127

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 127

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  2. The Penal Times
    Told by Willie Moore, Mohercregg.
    Long ago Mass was said in this district on Sliab Anerin mountain. There is a place near Rantogue where mass was said. It is a big rock which was cut out in the shape of an altar. It is said that there is a track of a table there yet where the priest used to say mass and a round stone with a little hole in the middle of it where the priest used to wash his hands. While the priest would be saying mass a man called a "sentinel" would have to stay on the
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