School: Carraig an Chabhaltaigh
- Location:
- Carrigaholt, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0633, Page 028
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- (continued from previous page)to accomodate it. When built a horse was yoked to it and it was drawn to Kilbaha accompanied by a large crowd from Carrigaholt. A few soupers threw stones at it in Kilbaha but it was not done a second time. Marcus Keane prosecuted Father Meehan for placing a "nuisance" on the shore at Kilbaha. Mr Mac Cullough was the R.M. He sent to the National School for a dictionary to get the meaning of "nuisance". He dismissed the case. Mass was said in the Ark from 1852 to 1859. Marcus Keane was forced by public opinion to grant a site for a church and the present church at Moneen was commenced in 1858.
