School: An Gleann, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Gortcallyroe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Méadhbh Ní Chléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)previous to this was made by peeling a strong rush that grows in the fields and then dipping it in the same fluid. These of course would not last long but they just served the same purpose as the present day flash lamps.
- About half way between Garranboy and Gurthmagee at the left hand side where the little stream known as Sruthán an Aifreann crosses the road there stood formerly a little thatched chapel. Here on a Sunday morning in the latter part of the eighteenth century as the priest was celebrating mass, news came that the soldiers were on their way from Killaloe. Knowing well their business the priest and the congregation took flight carrying with them the vestments and Sacred Vessels to the top of the hip in Ballykilldea. Here tradition says they erected a stone altar on which the priest finished the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. After that(continues on next page)
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- Miss Mary Hayes
- Gender
- Female
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- Mr Luke Mullins
- Gender
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