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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 082

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  1. Tierhogar

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    This village lies a short distance from the town and contains the ruins of a church surrounded by a graveyard. The building although not very ancient is chiefly remarkable as the place where a Synod of the province of Dublin was held in July 1640, attended by three or four Bishops. The then Bishop of Kildare, Dr MacGeoghegan was in hiding in the locality probably in the village now known as Bishop's Wood. Several of the priests who looked after the spiritual wants of the people during the Penal Days were buried in Tierhogar. One of the most remarkable of those priests
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Tirhogar, Co. Laois
    Informant
    J. Mac Guire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklone, Co. Laois