School: Threemilehouse (roll number 342)

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   betrayed two priests for two pounds in their hiding place in Raw fort.
   There was a movable house and the priest would go from house to house in South Threemilehouse and Corcaghan. He was caught by a regiment of soldiers when going to Drumsheeny, and a lone bush marks the spot where he was killed in Edward Kicarn's field, Togan.

   

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2. In the Penal Days

   

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   In the townland of Kiltubrid there is a large stone and it was used as a mass Rock in the Penal Days. It is called Kill ná haltar and the way it got its name was that there was a priest killed on the Altar in the Penal Days, by the English Landlords. There is a woman (namely) Mrs Connolly convenient to the Mass Rock and one day when she was going for her cows, she went up to the Rock and she found a silver spoon lying on it. It was used for put

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joseph Shannon

   Gender

   Male