School: Aclint, Ardee (roll number 2138)
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- Teacher: P. Ó Neill
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- (continued from previous page)the priest used to hide; these were called mass rocks these used to be in the year 1805.
Written by Bridie Sharkey 14th Jan. 1938
Told by Edward Sharkey 13th Jan. 38
Edmondstown. - Penal times.
In the Penal-times the priests were not allowed to say mass because they would be killed by the English soldiers.
But they used to say mass where the English would not catch them. The priests used to say mass in a cave under the ground in Cromartin. This cave was in Brady's and all the people in the district would go to mass there.
They used also say mass in Lagan in rock with a hole in the side of it and all the people from that district would go there to hear mass. It is also said that priests used to say mass in Drumbridge graveyard because it is very high up from the(continues on next page)