School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber
- Location:
- Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Máire Galvin
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- In the Penal Times the priests used to read Mass under ditches, on rocks and by the hillside. One rock on which Mass used to be read is situated in Bolart, Clara, County Offaly. This rock is called the Mass Rock and many people used to flock to this rock to hear Mass and to recite the Rosary as it was this little prayer that kept the faith alive in Ireland during that time.There is also a Mass rock situated in Fahearin, Ballycumber, in the County of Offaly, in the parish of Ballinahown. There is cave situated near this rock and in olden time it was used as a hiding place for Priests and their attendance, because(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ních Aonghusa
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Peter Mc Guinness
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly