School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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1. In the Penal Times (continued)

   

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   Another custom that came to us from "Penal Times" is, is at the elevation of the Host people bow down their heads and close their eyes, that was done so that if they were brought before the tribunal they could save themselves without sinning so much, by saying it was so long since they saw the "Blessed Sacrament. There is no account of a priest being sold or betrayed. Although they were often sheltered and the walls of the little homesteads that sheltered them are still to be seen. Old people tell there were four priests hung in this parish. One was brought prisoner to Lord Annally's castle at Tenelick and was hung from a tree on his estate. He was a prisoner there for two nights and yeomen guarding him although that was not known until afterwards. The tree he was hung from was a large beech tree and remained there to be

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary J. Mc Guire

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Guire

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford