School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)
- Location:
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Ciardha
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- (continued from previous page)house another party would be held, which gave the marriage a final touch.
- The Penal Laws were brought into force in 1698 and were not abolished until 1829. These laws prevented Catholics from having schools or from practising their religion. In short their object was to make the Irish people poor and ignorant both spiritually and corporally. A small number of priests were registered, and only these according to the law were permitted to say Mass.
In the eighteenth century there was a Parish Priest in Drimoleague whose name was Fr. O'Keeffe. He lived with a farmer about two(continues on next page)- Collector
- Diarmuid Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromdaleague, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Jeremiah Donovan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromdaleague, Co. Cork