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School: Cill Dá Lua (B.)

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Killaloe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 033

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  1. Penal Days (continued)

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    On the north side of the road leading from Garranboy new church to Finlea, about half a mile from he church and a hundred yards from the road, there is a large rock still well known as the 'mass rock' .Here in the year the year 1760 a priest was offering mass in the open air. The priest was employed as a labouring man in the house of an ancestor of John Scanlan ,Garranloy House Killable and thus managed to escape the attention of the military authorities and their spies . Mass was offered on this rock Sunday after Sunday . A large congregation many from the town of Killable here attended mass while mass was being
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Patrick Corbett
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Killaloe, Co. Clare