School: Tullow (Monastery)
- Location:
- Tullow, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Br. Míchéal Ó Maoileoin
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- Red-Wells situated about three miles from the town of Baltinglass. Is marked by a "mass Stone" where the people from miles around Baltinglass used to attend mass when they were being watched by spies followed by yeomen and Priest-hunters. When the priest was saying mass he would have to place a band of spies on the watch out. The Priests were continually hunted by yeomanry especially around Baltinglass. The captain on one of the corps was a man named captain Saunders. As far as is known mass was never said in any house because it was too dangerous on account of all the spies, yeomen and Priest-hunters. There was a family from around Stratford who were always spying on the Priests. On one occasion they were spying around Baltinglass two men and two women The two men were shot by(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nicholas Lalor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow
