School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)got five pounds for his head.
- In this district during the Penal Days the laws were pressed very hard. Mass had to be said in rocks. There is a Mass Rock on Murmod Hill in Mr. Brady's land. There are steps leading up to the rock which is on a height. The Rock is surrounded by trees. There was a guard placed outside in the land beside the rock during Mass to give warning if the Redcoats were coming.
Bishop Campbell, bishop of Kilmore came to this town disguised as a beggar and playing a fiddle. He administered the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Mass Rock in Mr. Brady's land. He also converted a lot of people in this district/- Collector
- Brian Matthews
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Bernard Matthews
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Over a hundred years ago when the penal laws were in(continues on next page)