School: Tagoat (roll number 5990)

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1. A Local Ruin - a Church

   

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   There is a ruin of an old church in the townland of Churchtown, near the village of Tagoat in the parish of Rosslare. It is said that one day, in the time of the Reformation, when the priest was saying mass in the church, Cromwell's soldiers attacked it and killed the priest.
   They took the Blessed Sacrament from the altar and buried it under the ground, and they tied their horses inside the building. There are stains of blood, which people say are those of the priest who was slain, to be seen on the walls at the present day.
   Inside the ruined church there is a grave in which a person whose name was Jacob is buried. The grave is covered by marble slabs, on one of which is written the person's name and when he died.
   There are five walls standing still. There is one window in the wall facing the east, one in the wall facing the west, and another in the wall facing the south.
   One of them is of a Gothic style, and the other two of rectangular shape. There is an arch-shaped door on it, which was the entrance from the vestry. A graveyard surrounds it.
   A bad man is supposed to be buried in the grave

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Tobin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Hill of Sea, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Harpur

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballybro, Co. Wexford