School: The Oak, Portlaoighse (roll number 15377)
- Location:
- Clondouglas, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seán Bairéad
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opposite Father Kelly’s gate.In Penal times Priests said Mass there;When the enemy was coming the men who were watching gave the warning and the Priest and all his listeners would run and hide.Once upon a time there was a church in a field near here, the man that ownes the field now is Paddy Fitzpatrick, and there is a green patch in the field where the church was. And the people used to come across the bog from Clonad to it.There is a Mass path across the bog. It is said that there are planks in it.And a man named(continues on next page)
