School: Liath-Mhuine
- Location:
- Leaffony, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Fhionnlaoich
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- There are a lot of old names still which were given to places long ago. One of our fields at home has a rock in it called the "Marriage Rock" because it is said that two people were married there in the times of the penal laws.
In Mr. Right's field Leaffoney there is a field still called the "Chapel field". It is a green fertile sacred spot with a small grass covered mound. It marks the foundations of the little thatched house where people worshiped in the unhappy days when Catholics had(continues on next page)